Guyana News

A Cevons Waste Management truck caught afire just after mid-day yesterday at Stevedore Housing Scheme, in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced the reintroduction of an amnesty on interest for the payment of contributions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The police in Region Six conducted a drug eradication exercise on Friday at Ekura, Canje Creek, Berbice during, which they found and destroyed two acres of marijuana cultivation.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall today said that Chief Justice Roxane George ruled yesterday in favour of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre over its occupancy of the historic Red House.

Canadian Queen’s Counsel Alison Redford has been hired to review plans for ExxonMobil’s third proposed oil well, Payara.

The PPP/C government yesterday announced that the tender for the marketing of Guyana’s oil is to be reopened and it also said that gas to energy will be a key priority and that local content provisions will be enshrined in law.

A man and a young child were fatally wounded, while four others, including two other children, were injured after a teenager attacked them on Thursday afternoon at Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River.

After consulting with stakeholders, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday announced that schools will not be reopened on September 7th for the Christmas term as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

As the country reels from the effects of the five-month political impasse and COVID-19 restrictions, the PPP/C government yesterday said that it is hoping to bring some financial relief with its 2020 budget in early September.

The container of rice in which German authorities found a large amount of cocaine last week originated from a mill in Berbice and the rice board says all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were followed during the processing of the shipment.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is expected to make a decision on whether the criminal charges instituted against Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will be allowed to move forward.

Minster of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday announced the extension of the current COVID-19 emergency measures as the new government moves to “overhaul” the public health response to the local outbreak.

Despite repeated appeals by the Regional Health Emergency Committee (RHEC) in Region Seven, residents continue to ignore COVID-19 precautionary measures and guidelines that have been instituted for their protection, resulting in the total number of cases reaching 182, according to Regional Health Officer Dr Edward Sagala.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday maintained that Joseph Harmon did not have a “subsisting, valid and enforceable” contract to entitle him to any benefits as a result of his sacking from the government’s employ.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was yesterday given an operational boost with the handing over to local authorities of a US$5 million mobile container scanner courtesy of the Government of The People’s Republic of China.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday withdrew all 19 fraud charges that it had previously instituted against new president Irfaan Ali as it said it would no longer proceed with them.

Two members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were yesterday charged with the murder of Cecil Sampat, who they allegedly shot after a recent car chase.

The police are probing the murder of a homeless man, whose body was discovered with multiple stab wounds yesterday morning at D’Urban Park, in Georgetown.

A policeman has been placed under close arrest after hitting and killing a cyclist at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, in an accident yesterday afternoon.

Herman Ally, who was sentenced to death in 2012 for murder, yesterday had his sentence commuted to 18 years, with the time spent behind bars to be further deducted, after the Court of Appeal upheld his challenge to his conviction on the capital charge.