Guyana News

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday conducted a visit to the Civil Defence Commission’s (CDC’s) Headquarters and its storage facility located at the National Gymnasium. 

A seventy-three-old man has been confirmed as the latest COVID-19 fatality.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of  Ryan Mohamed, 27,   of Wash Clothes, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara  which occurred on 2020-08-15 about 7.20 pm at Perth Village, Branch Road, Mahaicony, ECD.

The police in Region Five are investigating the murder of an Ithaca man allegedly committed by a male relative  this morning.

The Region Five Regional Democratic Council today reported that the region has recorded its first COVID-19 case.

(Trinidad Guardian) While the revenues of Massy Holdings Ltd fell in most of the countries identified in its 3rd Quarter (Q3) segment information, the conglomerate’s sales were up in Guyana by approximately $100 million or 13.3 per cent for the nine months ended 30th June, 2020.

As he plans a career outside of politics, former Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin says Alliance for Change (AFC) leaders made a serious misjudgment in not calling out the District Four fraud perpetrated by Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and he also faulted Guyana Elections Commission Chair Claudette Singh for not acting more decisively in the five-month-long elections crisis.

As a result of the continued rise in COVID-19 infections in the hinterland areas, the government has restricted travel into and out of regions Seven, Eight and Nine under the updated COVID-19 emergency measures, which will also see the national curfew hours reduced.

A team led by Canadian Queen’s Counsel Alison Redford will be reviewing the evaluation of plans for the development of ExxonMobil’s Payara oil field that is being undertaken by Bayphase Oil and Gas Consultants.

The PPP/C government is still trying to mobilise the $4.5 billion it says will be earmarked to help households hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced plans to recognise the efforts of frontline health workers in the upcoming 2020 budget.

In wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana, the careful sanitization of dental practices has become integral to ensuring the safety, according to dentists.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that an additional 25 COVID-19 infectious were recorded as Guyana continues to see a rise in infections.

CGX Energy Inc. yesterday donated more than $14 million in Morning Glory Cereal to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to assist Guyanese who have been affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday clarified his job portfolio, explaining that he will serve more in an advisory capacity in the oil and gas and financial sectors and his responsibilities will not be “line duties.”

The four surviving victims of Thursday’s Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River attack, which left two persons including a young child dead, remain hospitalised.

Referring to the deal under the APNU+AFC administration for the conversion of the former Ocean View International Hotel into an infectious disease hospital as potentially “incestuous,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said hotelier Jacob Rambarran “will have a long wait” for any payment for the property.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has stated that management at the various GuySuCo estates will be restructured and that he intends to work towards the sugar industry reclaiming its place as one of the country’s major foreign exchange earners.

Believing that the new PPP/C-led government will not fully represent their interests in their longstanding dispute with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) over wages and salaries and working conditions, former employees of the Russian-owned firm have ended their protest and removed a barrier placed across the Berbice River.

Although two members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were recently placed before the court, police will be conducting a further probe of the city chase which left civilian Cecil Sampat dead and his friend Winston Fraser paralysed.

The National School of Music is being relocated from the Brickdam, Georgetown building where it is currently housed in order to accommodate the new Ministry of Labour.