Guyana News

A 17-year-old boy, who is the grandson of one of the suspects in custody over the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry, succumbed yesterday after he was found with head injuries and a chop wound along the Number 2 back dam.

A man was yesterday beaten to death in Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice after he opened fired on a group of pro-testers, the police say. 

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government yesterday tabled a $329.5 billion budget for the year 2020  projecting Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth this year within the range of 48.4% to 51.2% but with the country’s overall deficit to  increase to 6.5% of GDP.

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence yesterday called on those protesting the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry to desist from creating carnage.

The unrest in Region Five yesterday escalated with groups of armed persons attacking and robbing road users throughout the region, while reports have emerged of persons stoning and torching a house and a barber shop in two areas. 

The PPP/C government will spend $790m this year to operationalise the $1.6b Infectious Diseases Hospital.

Two days after a doctor attached to the Bartica Regional Hospital told relatives of 78-year-old Samuel Wilson, a former Toshao of the Indigenous community of Batavia in Region Seven that the elderly man was suffering from a “minor problem,” the former Toshao died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that 90 cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded during the past 24 hours.

Pledging that the new PPP/C administration will continue to promote good governance, respect for the constitution and the human rights of all Guyanese, Minister of Public Works Juan Edgill said that the decision by President Irfaan Ali, to establish a Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance indicates the importance that his Government is giving to these areas.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday announced that as a result of an expanded partnership with Eye Care Guyana, 1,500 eyeglasses will be provided to persons in need.

Delivering the 2020 budget yesterday, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said the PPP/C government will pursue a series of promises for the indigenous peoples including the hiring of 2,000 Community Support Officers (CSOs) and he also said $300m will be spent to spur agricultural activity.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Logo Competition has been reopened after it was found that images in the previously declared winning entry were used without the permission of the owner.

A collaborative effort between the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will now allow for COVID-19+ mothers, who recently gave birth, to be able to see their newborns through technology.

Noting that domestic violence continues to plague society—particularly women and youth, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill in his presentation of the 2020 National Budget yesterday said that 4.5 million Euros ($1b) has been earmarked to address violence against women and girls.

Dear Editor, Two young Guyanese boys, Joel and Isaiah Henry, 19 and 16 years old, were murdered, brutally attacked by persons yet unknown, their bodies mutilated.

Two children at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital had to be medevacked to the Georgetown Public Hospital due to the blockading of the roadway in Region Five on Tuesday evening.

Describing the Chambers of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Legal Affairs as being “demonstrably dormant” for the past five years under the former APNU+AFC Administration, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, in his presentation of the 2020 National Budget outlined his government’s plan for the Justice Sector which he said contained “a packed legislative agenda.”

Amid growing and deadly violence on the West Coast of Berbice, President Irfaan Ali tonight announced that he was mobilizing help from the Regional Security System and the UK government to aid the investigative capacity of the police force.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Prettipaul Hargobin, age 34 years, of Block BI Bath Settlement, WCB which occurred about 15:45 hrs today 2020-09-09 at Bath Settlement Public Road, WCB.

The Guyana Police Force today noted the continued attack on Law and Order on the West Coast Berbice and the recent murder of Haresh Singh, age 17, in the Backdam of No.