Guyana News

A lawyer for Guyanese international artist Eddy Grant has sent a cease and desist letter to United States President Donald Trump’s campaign demanding that it stop using the singer’s 1983 hit Electric Avenue.

A mechanic suffered burn injuries about his body yesterday after the boat in which he was working caught afire and exploded at the New Amsterdam Stelling. 

The five-year-old child who suffered stab wounds after being attacked by her mother’s friend at Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara, is now recovering at home.

A number of crucial questions surrounding the processing of the container of Guyana rice in which a large amount of cocaine was found in Germany last week linger and the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) remains silent on the investigation.

Region Nine council members will be holding a meeting today to discuss criteria for persons to be eligible to receive a permit to leave the Region after a restriction on travel was imposed over the weekend.

Former Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was today named as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

The Alliance For Change tonight released its list 9 MPs for the new Parliament.

Anti-corruption international organisation, Global Witness today called on the PPP/C government to renegotiate the “exploitative oil deal” signed in 2016 with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that the PPP/C government will disband the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA).

The PPP/C’s flagship hydropower project at Amaila Falls, which was canned by the APNU+AFC administration back in late 2017, will be resuscitated, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says even as the new government forges ahead with the construction of the Kato hydropower project as part of its future energy mix.

A Blairmont Estate cane cutter died  yesterday morning after his 18- year-old son allegedly hurled a cutlass at him resulting in a fatal injury. 

A 73-year-old East Bank Demerara man has been confirmed as Guyana’s 23rd COVID-19 fatality.

The daily influx of Cuban nationals into Guyana had inspired niche businesses catering to their needs but when COVID-19 hit, these flourishing businesses were forced to either downscale or close their operations.

A Mahaicony labourer was fatally stabbed on Saturday by a man who had uttered threats to him following a dispute last week.

Described as a priority project for the new PPP/C government,  Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has disclosed that officials are currently reviewing the designs for the Ogle to Diamond bypass road before moving on to the next stage.

Concerns raised by Guyana’s oversight agencies were among reasons for an expanded examination of plans for ExxonMobil’s proposed third oil well, Payara, and the former premier of Alberta, Canada who is heading up the review had been recommended by the Canadian Government This was disclosed yesterday by Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat amid continuing questions about the purpose behind the review of ExxonMobil’s Field Development Plan (FDP) for Payara and whether Canadian Queen’s Counsel, Alison Redford was the appropriate person for this exercise.

One new COVID fatality along with thirty-five new cases were yesterday reported on the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) COVID-19 dashboard.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that steps will resume to acquire the First Federation Building on Croal Street to provide more space to the Deeds and Commercial Registry Authority.

At approximately 6.18 pm yesterday, the submarine cable which links the Vreed-en-Hoop and Kingston Power plants tripped on a fault causing a total shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS), the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said yesterday.  

The billion-dollar D’Urban Park project is not seen as a priority for the new PPP/C administration.