Guyana News

Six suspects, including four Venezuelans who are suspected to be members of a Syndicato gang, were arrested on Friday after the police raided a hotel at Port Kaituma, Region One.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported that 38 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of cases recorded in Guyana so far to 3,710.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Vindhya Persaud is launching a Garment and Accessories Cottage Industry Initiative on Monday, October 19, 2020 which is also aimed at creating employment opportunities.

With the opening of the borders in Guyana, Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will operate its first commercial service between Guyana and New York, on Monday, 19 October.

The Ministry of Housing commenced a two-day land title distribution exercise also at the National Stadium at Providence, where President Irfaan Ali assured those who more interested in getting house lots that new developments would soon be underway. 

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday urged that the state find a mutually acceptable solution to resolve the plight of squatters at Success, East Coast Demerara, while vowing that the opposition would seek to ensure that they are treated fairly.

While hundreds of squatters struggle to stay afloat amidst the deliberate flooding of Success on the East Coast of Demerara by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), President Irfaan Ali is urging that they allow his government to develop housing the “right way”.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday signalled plans to tackle street vending and traffic congestion in the Stabroek Market area in George-town.

Through funding from the European Union, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in partnership with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), has secured down payments to purchase over 1 million doses of the expected COVID-19 vaccines for Caribbean Member States.

Fed up with a number of PNCR Leader David Granger’s unilateral decisions concerning party members and policies, executive member and key diaspora financier Basil Blackman on Wednesday resigned from his position.

Police say rounds were discharged at Success, East Coast Demerara squatters who were suspected on Thursday of trying to rob Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) guards in an attack.

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, the principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), were yesterday faced with two new charges, including operated a pyramid scheme.

A high tide damaged a section of a koker door at Number 52 Village, Coren-tyne yesterday afternoon, leaving residents in the community and its envi-rons at risk of devastating flood damage. 

President Irfaan Ali has issued a $50 million “presidential grant” to Region Six for works to be done on roads, which the regional administration says are urgently needed.

Following the recent liberalisation of the telecommunications sector, Digicel yesterday announced a reduction of its overseas calling rates.

In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness month, ANSA McAL Trading Limited in collaboration with ROCHE yesterday donated US$2,400 to the Giving Hope Foundation.

“Queer Coolie-tudes,” an award-winning documentary by Guyanese-Canadian filmmaker Dr Michelle Mohabeer, will screen for the first time in Guyana tonight when the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) continues to virtually host its annual film festival.

Finding a number of publications made in 2017 by the Guyana Chronicle against proprietor of the SleepIn International Hotel Clifton Bacchus, Pasha Global Inc.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported the deaths of two more persons who contracted COVID-19.

Now that the COVID-19 testing backlog has been cleared and the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) has boosted its capacity to process samples, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has said government will no longer be proceeding with its planned testing arrangements with the United States and Brazil although samples will still be sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to ensure that results are accurate.