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, died today after he was found with head injuries and chop wounds along the Number 2 backdam.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill presents Guyana’s 2020 National Budget.

Seven persons are now in custody and police are searching for three others in connection with the gruesome murders of teenage cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry. 

Fifty-three new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday along with yet another fatality.

A three-member team from the government led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with family members of Isaiah and Joel Henry who were murdered over the weekend.

Due to the local delays in processing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) samples, the Ministry of Health will be approaching the Brazilian government to discuss whether laboratories in the neighbouring country can undertake testing, Region Nine Chair-man Bryan Allicock has revealed.

Police Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday said that protests along the West Berbice are inhibiting investigations into the gruesome murders over the weekend of Isaiah and Joel Henry.

Autopsies performed today on the bodies of Isaiah and Joel Henry, the teenaged cousins who were murdered over the weekend at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, confirmed that they both died from haemorrhage and shock due to multiple wounds.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) two weeks ago conducted its first Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm (AAA) repair surgery.

As the Ministry of Education weighs suggestions on the sitting of next year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), it is set to collaborate with the Health Ministry to analyse the preparedness of schools for a physical reopening.

Hundreds of persons yesterday assembled at the Square of the Revolution in Georgetown as a show of solidarity for the families of cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry, who were found dead at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice on Sunday.

Today, when the long-delayed National Budget 2020 is presented to the National Assembly it will be done in the absence of the main opposition APNU+AFC.

CGX Energy Inc. and its partner Frontera Energy Corporation on Monday donated $10M to Government’s COVID-19 emergency response plan which Minister of Health Dr.

Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund will not be used to bankroll the $330 billion emergency budget, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has said that the supporting legislation would have to be amended to strengthen accountability and transparency.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir today confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

An 84-year-old man from Cuyuni/Mazaruni is the 48th known fatality from COVID-19.

President Irfaan Ali today said that the seeking of justice for the murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry cannot be associated with criminality.

ExxonMobil has made its 18th offshore oil discovery at the Redtail-1 exploration well, the government announced this morning.

Ahead of tomorrow’s emergency budget presentation, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced a slew of relief measures, including a $25,000 per household cash transfer to cushion the effects of COVID-19.

Five persons were in police custody yesterday in con-nection with the gruesome murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry of Number Three Village, West Coast Ber-bice and protests over the killings continued in Regions Five and Six and saw the police firing off pellets and tear gas at Hopetown to clear the road.