Guyana News

Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) last night announced that it will begin to serve the Guyana to Barbados route with three flights weekly out of the Eugene F.

President Irfaan Ali has said he is “very comfortable” with the actions taken by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond to renounce her American citizenship.

Nearly 1,000 parents/guardians attended a virtual meeting with the Education Minister Priya Manickchand and senior ministry officials yesterday to discuss concerns about the way forward for fifth- and sixth-form level students who are due to sit Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams next year.

By Readawne Henery The Georgetown City Council yesterday voted by a majority for a motion seeking to instruct the Town Clerk and Human Resources Manager to appoint persons to fill vacant positions within City Hall, even though they have not gotten the required approval of the Local Government Commission.

A 52-year-old man was yesterday placed on $600,000 bail after he was charged in relation to the more than two-months-old accident which claimed the life of garbage collector Zameer Isfehani along the Montrose, East Coast Demerara Public Road.

The trial of Curt Thomas for the 2016 murder of Parika fuel dealer Seeram Singh commenced yesterday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and senior ministry officials met with almost 500 teachers yesterday to discuss plans for next year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams, including the support that would be offered to ensure the safety of both them and their students if schools are reopened.

Fifteen persons are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit while only three new cases were recorded yesterday.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs received bids ranging between $231m and $339m for the supply of tractors and trailers when tenders were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on October 20.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has said a special health team was sent to Kwebanna village in Region One, which is currently in a lockdown after recording more than 50 active COVID-19 cases over the past month.

A 35-year-old miner was on Sunday air-dashed to the city, hours after he was shot while visiting a shop in Ianna Landing, North West District (NWD).

More than 20 West Indies players will leave Barbados on Tuesday night to begin their tour of New Zealand.

Sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 chopping death of a man whom he claimed provoked him and over which he said he retaliated in self defence, Dhupaul Singh has appeal-ed his sentence which he says is severe.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Training School (CATS) on October 14 held a virtual graduation ceremony for thirteen trainees who have successfully completed the Aeronautical Information Manage-ment and Air Traffic Control Assistant training course AIMO-0120.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of  Sanjay Hanoman aka Drill, age 19, a construction worker of Lot 28 Fourth Street, Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara which occurred yesterday at about 11.30 pm.

Only two new COVID-19 cases were reported today by the Ministry of Health, a sharp decline from recent days when new infections have been reported in the dozens.

Chinese contractor, CHEC says its is co-operating fully with the government for the delivery of the expansion project for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation today noted with concern the circulation of a post on social media purporting that today, two persons who came to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to be tested for COVID-19 collapsed and died.

Police are probing the death of a La Grange, West Bank Demerara granny who was found lifeless yesterday afternoon in her ransacked home and with her mouth tied.

While the PPP/C promises to give the Guyana Elections Commission all the resources it needs to prepare for Local Government Elections (LGE) next year, Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that it seems unlikely to be held given the current elections petitions, a call by the opposition for a new voters list and police probes of officers of the electoral body.