Guyana News

Six persons are homeless following a fire on Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown yesterday afternoon which gutted a building.

Surinam Airways is to resume flying from Guyana to Miami on October 31st.

An occupation survey of Sarah Johanna on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) will be undertaken as the government tries to quell a dispute that has arisen between squatters  and the person who is claiming ownership of the lands.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has not replied to an October 12, 2020  letter from commentator Christopher Ram requesting copies of the declaration of expenses by political parties which contested the March 2nd general elections.

During a recent meeting with several senior managers from the Albion, Rose Hall and Skeldon Estates, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha said  that the ‘top heavy’ attitudes of managers when dealing with lower level staff must be corrected.

Chairman of the National Commission on the Elderly, Clyde deHaas says that the Board will conduct an inventory of the urgent needs and challenges that the aged and institutions dealing with them  are confronted with on a daily basis.

Water will be supplied to the community of Five Miles, Region Seven in time for the Christmas holidays.

The 21st Biennial Delegates’ Congress of the People’s National Conference Reform (PNCR) has become another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic according to General Secretary Amna Ally.

A fisherman of Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast died on Saturday  when the bicycle he was riding got into an accident with a car.

Twenty-nine more persons were yesterday  confirmed positive for COVID-19 after the testing of 274 persons which now brings the total number of confirmed cases to more than 4,000.

Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips recently  congratulated the staff of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) for their dedication to service in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and assured that the corporation would have the continued support of the government.

Following the August 2nd declaration of results of the March 2nd elections, Guyana has been removed from the Commonwealth’s watch list after fears had arisen that a rigged result was in the making.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond yesterday said that she renounc-ed her US citizenship before she was sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) on September 1st, although she did not state whether the certificate of renunciation was received before that date.

After more than three years of construction, the $245 million Dr Yesu Persaud Clinical Education Centre was yesterday officially handed over to the government with emphasis being placed on the role it is expected to play in improving the country’s current level of primary health care in the coming year.

For the second time for the month, police yesterday afternoon cleared blockages off the West Coast Berbice Public Road, where fires were also lit after residents protested one again over the murders of cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday revealed that two more persons have died after contracting COVID-19, while 34 additional cases were confirmed yesterday.

Following a setback due to the global pandemic, the $4 billion Tropical Orchard Products Company (TOPCO) being spearheaded by the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is set to take off early next year, giving farmers a market for large quantities of cherries, guava and other fruit produce.

In a major statement on the political situation here, United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Mikiko Tanaka has said that given the slim margin in the legislature between the government and opposition, parliamentary decision-making should entail consensus building and compromise so as to be inclusive of all sides.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday promised drainage and irrigation (D&I) services to private cane farmers in the Upper Corentyne area, as he sought to encourage them to return to cane cultivation.

The opposition APNU+AFC has taken issue with a Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) decision to hire a lawyer to represent the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield for the elections petitions cases instead of allowing him to select his own representation.