Guyana News

The Guyana Defence Force says it remains committed to the welfare of all its members, including those who have suffered injuries while in the line of duty.

A planned strike yesterday by nurses attached to the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal (GPH) was put ‘on hold’ after the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) agreed to negotiate the demands of the workers with the Government over the next two weeks.

Sasenarine Singh, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo yesterday said that two engineers are expected from India in January to advise on the best way forward in relation to the reopening of the Skeldon Sugar Factory. 

Former People’s National Congress Leader Robert Corbin is currently hospitalised with COVID-19 and his party is pleading with the public for strict adherence to the COVID measures while urging for greater enforcement of the regulations.

A 41-year-old businesswoman who was suffering from multiple organ failure is among the three latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) fatalities that were reported by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in a statement yesterday.

Representatives of famed Shark Tank billionaire and US investor Mark Cuban’s Radical Investments LLC, yesterday arrived in Guyana aboard a luxury jet for a two-day visit, sources say.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers is being investigated for the offence of “conspiracy to defraud” after she surrendered to the police in the company of her lawyers on Tuesday.

On the second day of the resumption of jury trials at the High Court in George-town, the case of Odel Roberts who is accused of the 2015 murder of Sophia businessman Shawn Anys was empanelled before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The five-member team from the CARICOM Regional Security System (RSS) which arrived here more than a week ago to assist local police with the investigation into the murders of teenaged cousins Isiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh de-parted Guyana on Tuesday.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo Sasenarine Singh yesterday announced that on Monday, the Government of Guyana released $3 billion to the sugar corporation and is adamant that the entity can be turned around.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said the grades from School Based Assessments (SBAs) were not submitted by some public schools to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), which finalised results based on the performance it saw at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said in a press release that reports reaching it have  stated that there has been a fatal accident involving a miner.

US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch has committed the US Government to working with the Government of Guyana in a number of key areas including  security, legislative reforms and strengthening the country’s institutional democracy to avoid a recurrence of the 2nd March 2020 elections debacle. 

The Giftland Mall is shortly to begin supplying the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) grid with five megawatts as part of the utility’s three-pronged programme to boost the supply of electricity to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

Still in its transitional phase, Chinese multi-national mining company Zijin Mining has denied sidelining local operators and says it is currently exploring the possibilities of having cost effective and profitable operations for its newly acquired project, Aurora Gold Mines Inc (AGM).

The Prospect Housing Development on the East Bank is to get potable water in two weeks.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with members of the Guyana Defence Force Engineering Corps at State House to further discuss their role in national development through the implementation of infrastructural projects across the country, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) since the beginning of the year has investigated 19 cases of trafficking in persons (TIP) with Venezuelan refugees accounting for the highest number of alleged victims.

Four new police stations are to be built and an existing one rehabilitated in an effort to boost the capacity of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and improve the effectiveness of the local justice system.

As part of the government’s efforts to boost the quality of secondary education nationwide, a spanking new $1 billion secondary school currently under construction in Region Three is set to be completed by the end of November.