Guyana News

BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Belize resoundingly voted to elect opposition leader Johnny Briceno to replace longtime Prime Minister Dean Barrow in Wednesday’s general election as the Central American nation seeks to revive an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 2500 households in Eccles and surrounding areas on the East Bank of Demerara will soon benefit from improved water quality.

Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to use the fledgling political movement for private gain.

The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Several persons have been arrested and are currently in custody as the police continue to probe the brutal murders of teenaged cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed.

Curt Thomas was yesterday afternoon handed a 70-year sentence for the murder of Parika fuel dealer Seeram Singh whom he shot and killed during a robbery on the night of April 30th, 2016, at Parika Outfall, East Bank Essequibo.

ExxonMobil is continuing to  drill its deepest ever well – the Tanager-1- in the controversial  offshore Kaieteur Block and says that it will soon add a 5th drill ship and another next year for exploration in the equally contentious Canje Block.

Having heard all the arguments in the appeal filed by Bibi Sharima-Gopaul and her former partner Jarvis Small who were convicted for murdering Gopaul’s 16-year-old daughter Neesa, the Guyana Court of Appeal is now set to rule on a date to be announced.

A University of Guyana Economics lecturer and his son, who is a doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), are currently patients at the institution after they were stabbed with a knife by a robber at their Bel Air home in the wee hours of yesterday.

Two elderly persons are the latest COVID-19 related fatalities, bringing the death toll to 137.

The National COVID-19 Task Force is deploying members of the Joint Services to St Cuthbert’s Mission amid reports that lockdown protocols are being breached.

Funds are available but no timeline has yet been set for the commencement of two of India’s major projects here: the Ogle to East Bank bypass road and an ocean-going passenger and cargo ferry for the North West, High Commissioner of India, Dr K J Srinivasa says.

Wildlife authorities were yesterday seeking to identify a group of men who captured a Harpy Eagle – a protected species – somewhere in the interior and videoed it while it was tied up and in a state of distress.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently seeking a new Chief Executive Officer as Jamaican Albert Gordon had indicated that he did not wish to renew his contract, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar says.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament could soon begin meeting with MP David Patterson as Chairman.

Two students who attend schools with dormitories in Region Seven have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A post-mortem examination conducted on Kevin Smith, the sanitation worker who died on Sunday following an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, revealed his cause of death as multiple injuries.

Amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, non-resident President’s College students have been given until tomorrow to decide whether they will become temporary resident students or transfer to secondary schools in the catchment area for face-to-face interaction.

As government buckles down to working on a number of pieces of draft legislation, the date of the next sitting of Parliament is uncertain as there is not “enough material” as yet, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira says.

The Government is focusing on restoring proper management and account-ability for resources at the level of the Amerindian Village Council.