Guyana News

In light of the ongoing paddy bug infestation in several rice cultivating regions in Guyana, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has expended the sum $2.6M to tackle the ongoing issue.

Thirty-two persons were arrested in Region Six yesterday for breaching COVID-19 restrictions as total positive cases in the region jumped to 10.

Patricia Lorraine Shepherd was yesterday admitted to the Bar. Her application was presented by attorneys Kim Kyte-Thomas, Sharon Small and Faye Barker during a Zoom hearing before Justice Gino Persaud who, according to a release from Kyte-Thomas, welcomed her to the Bar and impressed upon her the importance of preparation in the conduct of her practice and encouraged her to rely on the training she received at the Hugh Wooding Law School and the BPP Law School in London.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President, Mark Lyte yesterday confirmed that the GTU, the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health will be assessing schools’ readiness for a safe reopening.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published the official results of the March 2 General and Regional Elections (GRE) and named the various political representatives who will hold office for the next five years.

 PNCR Chair Volda Lawrence was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennon on private criminal charges including conspiring to forge documents to show a win for APNU+AFC at the March 2nd general elections.

Guyana today  surpassed 1,000 COVID-19 cases as some 74 more persons tested positive for the virus.

Former Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix today responded to concerns that have been raised about the naturalization of a Cuban citizen who is now at the centre of a major Ponzi scheme probe.

PNCR Chair Volda Lawrence was today placed on $100,000 bail after appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennon on private criminal charges including conspiring to forge documents to show a win for APNU+AFC at the March 2nd general elections.

Keiron Jemison Alleyne, 31,  is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to forgery committed on the Central Housing & Planning Authority on January 3, 2020 at D’ Urban Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown.

After several requests for financing from government to meet its payroll obligations, Cabinet on Friday sanctioned a disbursement of $600M from the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says.

More Guyanese are coming forward with stories on how they lost big after being lured into investments with Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI) which is now the subject of a major Ponzi scheme investigation here.

The PPP/C government has scrapped the shortlist of 19 companies that had submitted proposals to sell Guyana’s portion of oil from the Liza-1 well and yesterday launched a new Request For Proposals (RFP).

A number of farmers in Region Five were ecstatic on Saturday to receive news from Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, that they would be allowed to once again farm on the land which they were removed from by the region’s former Regional Executive Officer, Ovid Morrison.  

Thirty new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) COVID Dashboard bringing the number of confirmed cases in Guyana to 955.

Much needed repairs on generator sets that power towns in the hinterland are among the immediate public infrastructure priorities of the new People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government.

President Irfaan Ali has promised that he and his ministers will be having regular engagements with both the media and the public.

The resumption of catfish exports from Guyana to the United States is on the list of top priorities for newly sworn-in Minis-ter of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, who plans to engage US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch to iron out longstanding regulations.

Although the new government has signalled its intent to disband the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), it is concerned that the shuttering of the body would see some 40 members of staff out of a job.

A businesswoman of Wismar, Linden was held at gunpoint and robbed of a quantity of cash and her cellular phone on Saturday night.