Guyana News

Magistrate Fabayo Azore is expected to rule next Friday in the Preliminary Inquiry into the charge against two of the three men accused of the 2017 murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio.

Guyana was one of nine countries which abstained when the Organization of American States (OAS) passed a resolution condemning upcoming elections in Venezuela as unlikely to meet the “minimum conditions for…democratic electoral processes in keeping with international standards.”

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said that properly trained staff and the right equipment are among requirements that need to be met by private labs in Guyana in order to be licensed to conduct Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests for COVID-19.

The Government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) continue to “engage” on working conditions and remuneration within the public health sector but the public and the workers remain uninformed about the process.

A Meten-Meer-Zorg labourer has succumbed after being stabbed by a drinking companion on Sunday, just two days before he was due to celebrate his 21st birthday.

The case against  cricketer Christopher Barnwell of assaulting a policeman during a match was on Friday dismissed by Magistrate Rhondell Weaver.

Mayor Ubraj Narine has defended his decision last week to allow a motion for the City Council to proceed to fill several vacancies without the needed approval of the Local Government Commission (LGC).  

ANSA McAL Trading Limited yesterday presented electronic tablets to the top 60 students at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment in recognition of their  performance.

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat today announced that he has already met with investors who are looking to develop the Tarakuli (pronounced Tarakuri) bauxite deposit located just over 10 miles away from Orealla (East Berbice/Corentyne). 

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Keron Williams, a 20 year-old labourer of Meten- Meer- Zorg, Ocean Garden, WCD which occurred about 5.15 pm at the aforementioned address.

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The DNA samples which were sent to St. Lucia for analysis in relation to the murders of teenaged cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry do not link any of the suspects to the scene of the murder,  Gladston Henry, the father of Isiah last night told this newspaper.

Announcing that civil action will be brought against former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and former NICIL Head Colvin Heath-London, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday appealed to persons who acquired lands in questionable deals to return them to the state, assuring that no action would be taken against them.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has charged that there is discriminatory hiring in the oil and gas industry and that local professionals are being underpaid by as much as 10 to 20 times compared to expatriates.

A $200m four-year restoration of the St George’s Cathedral has been completed leaving just the main roof to be done on the 128-year-old national monument.

Forty-six more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) dashboard for yesterday.

A pedal cyclist of Cove and John, East Coast Demerara was fatally struck yesterday by a reversing minibus on the Enmore, East Coast Demerara Public Road.

  CARICOM member states face a “perfect storm” as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the deepening debt crisis.

A police sergeant is now hospitalized after the ATV CG 2122 which he was on crashed into a speed bump on the Puruni Trail causing him and a police constable to fall.

Guyana Restaurant Week will return in November but under strict COVID-19 regulations and with its focus on delivery options, says head of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Mitra Ramkumar.