Guyana News

The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) is currently investigating allegations made to the Minerals Grievance Platform (MGP) that  local large-scale gold trader, El Dorado Trading is connected to illegally sourced Venezuelan gold, a claim the company denied vehemently yesterday.

Although no substantial evidence emerged from an investigation into alleged financial misconduct at the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation’s Asphalt Plant, the probe team says that they found poor internal controls which need to be bolstered in order to prevent the multiple discrepancies that were unearthed.

There will be a forensic audit of the expenses of the Attorney General’s Chambers under the former APNU+AFC Government.

A Region Six sports officer based within Region Six’s compound was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with threatening behaviour and possession of offensive weapons that is to say two knives.

A Land of Canaan resident died  following an accident on Tuesday night where he was struck down along the Kuru Kururu Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden High-way.

The Guyana Police Force has released a wanted bulletin for Leon Waddel in connection with the murder of Hanswar Stoll also known as ‘Red Man’ said to have occurred between November 15-16 at Dadrima Savannah, Kuru Kururu, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

Newly-appointed Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament David Patterson has set January 4, 2021 for its first meeting.

The police have been advised to institute charges against Joel Rodriguez, the Cuban national, who allegedly brutally murdered his partner, Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter, Larissa Singh at Princes Street, Lodge on Saturday night.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for huge supply contracts for the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

Eighteen new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after 285 more persons were tested for the virus.

General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) Rawlston Adams last year approved the purchase of a bracelet worth nearly $900,000 for himself with money from the DHB, an investigation into the operations of the Asphalt Plant (AP)  revealed.  “The Asphalt Plant along with the Demerara Harbour Bridge purchased, in November 2019, a bracelet for the General Manager, at the approval of the General Manager, to the value of Eight Hundred and Ninety-Seven Thousand Guyana Dollars (G$897,000) as a gift for International Men’s Day,” the report, commissioned by the PPP/C government in October of this year and which was released yesterday, stated.

Guyana does not have the capability to test for any new strain of the novel coronavirus.

A United States Coast Guard (USCG) vessel – USCGC Stone, has embarked from its base in Pascagoula, Mississippi on a multi-month deployment to the South Atlantic with countering illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing, as part of its mission.

In preparation for the completion of the Tiger Creek Bridge in Region Eight, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Monday advised that it would only be opened to light vehicular traffic.

A taxi driver was on Tuesday night robbed at gunpoint of his valuables by two unidentified men at Good Success, East Bank Demerara, including his car which the men drove off with while it was still occupied by a passenger.

A visiting Guyanese-born heart surgeon on Tuesday presented President Irfaan Ali with a ground-breaking medical device – Vital360 in the hope that the president can lead by example as it pertains to raising the level of health awareness.

A twenty-five-year-old barber was on Tuesday night allegedly robbed at Crane, West Coast Demerara by a man with whom he was drinking only moments before at Parika.

Customers of Central Georgetown are currently experiencing a disruption in their water supply due to a ruptured 16-inch transmission line on Church Street in Georgetown. 

General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) Rawlston Adams today declined to comment on the discovery that he approved the purchase of an over $800,000 bracelet for himself with money from the DHB.

Beepats Distributing Company today  announced that it will be entering the hotel industry with the intent of establishing a Marriott Four Point Sheraton Airport hotel and resort near to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.