Guyana News

Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc today warned about COVID-19 test results being faked.

Former President and Leader of the People’s National Congress Brigadier David Granger has expressed condolences on the passing of Colonel Ulric Pilgrim, former Commander of the Guyana Defence Force, who died after a long illness in the USA.

The Consolidated Fund showed an overdraft of close to $79 billion when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government took office in August of this year.

As of August 31, 2020 the total indebtedness of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was $72.5b and its cost of production was above the price of all markets it sold into.

During 2019 the Government of Guyana made nearly $200 million in overpayments on four contracts, including for the Leguan Stelling, an increase over the $166 million overpaid in 2018 on 157 contracts.

The opening of Demerara Bank’s eighth branch at Mahaica is in alignment with the strategic focus and position of the government.

The police last evening recaptured a prisoner following his brief escape from the Lusignan Prison during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Former APNU+AFC Parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud was yesterday welcomed as an observer at the 14th Sitting of the 12th Parliament hours after members of the Opposition berated him for daring to show his face.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC yesterday forwarded to Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie a special audit done by the Auditor General’s Office on the controversial rental of a Sussex Street bond under the former APNU+AFC government.

The Audit Office is repeating a call for government agencies to move to paperless accounting as the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for it to complete the verification of projects in outlying Regions and at several ministry departments where staff rotation limited the scope of the audit.

There were two more deaths yesterday and the Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed forty-two new COVID cases taking the total number of confirmed cases to 6,258.

Armed bandits stormed a Providence home in the middle of yesterday afternoon, tying up three persons who were in the house at the time before robbing them of their valuables.

More than two months have passed since gold mining operations were halted by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) at Campbelltown, in Region Eight and residents have grown impatient with the Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai as they say they are being denied their livelihoods.

Minister Oneidge Walrond was yesterday sworn in as a technocrat member of the National Assembly in keeping with a commitment made to the High Court by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC.  Walrond who holds the portfolio of Tourism, Industry and Commerce had been the subject of a Court challenge after she took the oath of a parliamentarian while still a citizen of the United States.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that antigen tests for COVID-19 are now officially in use across the country.

An additional three dozen children in vulnerable communities are now able to access online learning following a GTT donation. 

Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) in a release yesterday reported on a number of incidents that resulted in service interruptions in the Demerara and Berbice areas.

The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service on Tuesday conducted a joint search at the Lusignan Prison where a number of contraband items were unearthed.

The National Assembly yesterday, by a majority vote, supported a motion which recognises the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic while pledging to support the needed resources  to bring relief to Guyana, which could possibly include a Corona Virus Immunization bill.

The Auditor General has launched a special investigation into the Sustainable Livelihood Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) following the Ministry of Social Protection’s inability to properly account for the spending of its $250 million budget.