Guyana News

Prominent member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and attorney James Bond was on Friday released from police custody after being arrested in connection with the ongoing probe of the award of state lands at Peters Hall, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit has sanctioned local firm Ramotar and Sons Contracting after the company recorded at least one death and a serious work-related accident between 2018 and 2019.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has made a payment of $123 million to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) from its own earnings in an attempt to clear a debt to the insurer which now stands at $475 million.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Friday launched its Experiential Tourism initiative, which aims to enable tourists to participate directly in activities at three destinations.

The four main access roads in Tuschen are due to be rehabilitated as part of $185 million in road works slated to begin soon in the West Coast Demerara community, whose thousands of residents are expected to benefit.

The Home Affairs Ministry has donated a patrol boat to the Region Three Community Policing Division, which is expected to support crime fighting in Wakenaam and Leguan.

Members of the Village Council of Campbelltown, in Region Eight, have voiced their disappointment at only being presented with copies of the petition seeking their removal one day before investigation into several allegations against them made by residents commenced.

A Corentyne salesman was shot in his abdomen yesterday afternoon after bandits attempted to rob his truck outside of the Sunshine Supermarket, located along the Chesney Public Road, Corentyne. 

A bid by police to make the East Bank Public Road safer for travellers resulted in major traffic congestion on Friday.

A Prison Officer was recently charged over the discovery of cannabis at the Prison Officers’ Quarters, located at the Lusignan Prison Officers’ Sports Club.

Police are investigating the death of a 72-year-old Edingburgh Village, East Bank Berbice man, who is suspected of having taken his own life on Thursday.

Over 30 students from Unity Grant who are enrolled in the Warapoka Primary and Nursery schools, in Region One, are expected to benefit from the recent donation of a 30-ft boat and 15 horse power engine.  The Department of Public Information (DPI) on Friday reported Region One Regional Executive Officer (REO) Tikaram Bisesar as saying that the donation is the realisation of a commitment made to residents during an outreach earlier this year.  He said that the community’s previous boat was irreparable so the region pledged to provide a vessel for the students, who travel approximately two hours from the village to attend school.

The Community Policing Division Three, which has responsibility for the islands of Wakenaam and Leguan in the Essequibo River, now has a patrol boat thanks to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

With $185M in contracts awarded, road works will soon commence in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has been briefed by the Director of Prisons,  Gladwin Samuels regarding the recent discovery of a quantity of suspected narcotics at the Prison Officers’ Quarters, located at the Lusignan Prison Officers’ Sports Club.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday denounced President Irfaan Ali’s announcement of a two-week bonus for health care workers, saying that it was done without the full input of the union.

Designated Chair of the Public Accounts Commit-tee (PAC) David Patterson yesterday signalled his intention to request special audits of the COVID-19 relief grant programme and the single-source procurement of 44 tractors by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

A vendor was found dead yesterday at Wismar, in Linden, where his body was found behind a shack.

Uche Raymond Okoye, also known as Uche Parker, a Nigerian national who police say is part of a criminal organisation that has allegedly scammed unsuspecting Guyanese victims out of millions, was faced with four charges on Tuesday, including demanding money by menace.

With its books now audited and brought up to date, the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union’s next Annual General Meeting (AGM) should be held by March 2021, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton announced yesterday.