Guyana News

The APNU+AFC coalition has sought leave from the High Court to file an elections petition challenging the results of the 2020 General and Regional Elections.

Through its acquisition of Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI), Chinese mining company, Zijin Mining Group Co has promised the Guyana Government that it would retain at least 200 to 300 of its former employees as it prepares for another major expansion next year, according to Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat. 

A longtime member of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Gobin Harbhajan has resigned from the party because he says it has strayed from its core values.

A suspect allegedly involved in the shooting that claimed the life of Navindra Samaroo on July 23, at Middle Road, La Penitence, was on Thursday, shot and apprehended by police ranks.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has confirmed that training for teachers to take advantage of online teaching portals will commence soon.

On the heels of the shock decision by the PPP/C government to send EPA Head Dr Vincent Adams on immediate leave, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today said it had no confidence that the EPA can make key upcoming decisions on ExxonMobil without his presence.

Three new COVID-19 deaths were recorded today. Guyana has now officially recorded 35 deaths as a result of the virus.

As the police probe into the alleged fraud surrounding the March 2nd General and Regional elections widens, Information Technology (IT) officer Enrique Livan who was at the centre of a flash drive controversy at the Ashmins building on march 4th was yesterday arrested by the police.

On the heels of a key decision on approvals for ExxonMobil’s Payara well for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had outlined a number of critical concerns, the agency’s Director Dr Vincent Adams was yesterday sent on immediate leave by the PPP/C administration.

The two representatives from Accelerated Capital Firm Inc. (ACFI), a company which is alleged to have operated a Ponzi scheme here, were yesterday remanded to prison on conspiracy charges.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced a local content panel for the oil and gas sector which includes former APNU+AFC Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge and former Energy Minister of Trini-dad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine.

The decision by the PPP/C government to send the Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Vincent Adams on leave immediately while he was in the midst of important decisions on the operations of ExxonMobil is deeply disturbing and raises serious questions about whether President Ali’s government is truly committed to ensuring the robust protection of the environment.

At 10 this morning, Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud, who is currently performing the duties of Chief Justice, will hear a habeas corpus application filed by District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo who is requesting his immediate release from police custody.

The first sitting of the 12th Parliament has been officially scheduled for Tuesday, September 1 at 10:00 am.

The Ministry of Health yesterday disclosed that a 32nd person has died as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A 41-year-old man succumbed at a city hospital yesterday morning, two weeks after he was brutally beaten at his Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.

An Eastern Airlines flight from Guyana was forced to make an emergency landing at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York last Tuesday evening after it developed difficulties.

Guyana’s COVID-19 cases continue to mount.  Yesterday the country recorded 47 new cases of the novel coronavirus which increased the total number of positive cases here to 1,140.

The Guyana Elections Commission  (GECOM) now has a new commissioner while the Public Service Commission (PSC) also has a new member.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday managed to contain a small fire of unknown origin at Banks DIH Limited, Thirst Park, Ruimveldt, Georgetown.