Guyana News

Forty-nine Guyanese who had been stranded in Suriname for months have been repatriated.

Guyana has recorded its 68th COVID-19 death. The latest fatality is a 74 -year-old woman from Barima/Waini (Region 1) who died while receiving care at the ministry’s medical facility, a statement from the ministry said.

By Readawne Henery North Georgetown Primary’s Samuel Barkoye and Stella Maris Primary’s Rovin Lall share Guyana’s top spot at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

President Irfaan Ali yesterday declared that his government will only accept the US$138m CJIA expansion works as was outlined in the original contract.

The police have arrested a sixth suspect in connection with the gruesome murders of teenaged cousins  Isiah and Joel Henry and the five others who were  detained earlier this week were set to be released last evening.

Former Sports Director Christopher Jones has filed a lawsuit against the Guyana Police Force for allegedly breaching his constitutional rights to protection from arbitrary search and deprivation of property in wake of a controversial search of his home and the removal of 18 barber chairs and two air conditioners altogether valued at $4.8 million.

Following just over two hours of consideration the Committee of Supply yesterday approved expenditure totalling more than $5.67 billion for the now disbanded Ministry of the Presidency and a contract with former APNU+AFC official Larry London for the purchase of birth certificates raised eyebrows.

Approximately 120 prisoners at the Lusignan Prison have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Minister of Health (MoH) Dr.

The Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd, the new owner of the Aurora Gold Mines Inc.

The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that two more persons from Region One, Barima-Waini have died after contracting the coronavirus disease.

Yuri Garcia-Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, the couple accused of operating a major Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of Guyanese of hundreds of millions of dollars, have moved to the High Court to get orders to prohibit the police from instituting or continuing the prosecution of criminal charges already instituted against them for fraud.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged the United Nations to strengthen solidarity to address the COVID-19 pandemic and commit to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Feroz Mohamed, the contractor who struck and killed a fish vendor while driving along the Zeeburg Public Road, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

A 12-year-old student from the all Saints Primary School copped the top position for Region Six at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

A Kilcoy, Corentyne fisherman was yesterday charged with killing his former friend, Alexander Yhap at Kilcoy, Corentyne last week. 

China Harbour Engineering Company Guyana Incorporated (CHEC Guyana) yesterday denied that it had been hired by Chinese gold miner Zijin Mining Group Co.

Armed bandits stormed the Ace Shopping Centre at Annandale,  East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Saturday in a chilling attack and escaped with around $4000 in hundred- and twenty-dollar notes following an exchange of gunfire with the proprietor, who is a licensed firearm holder.

The Ministry of Education last week launched a mass training programme to better equip local teachers to use information and communications technology (ICT) to reach learners.

The newly reconstituted Office of the President will have a $1.74 billion allocation to implement its current and capital programme for the last quarter of 2020. 

APNU/AFC Member of Parliament, Ronald Cox, has suggested that the Ministry of Education provide feeding programmes to hinterland community students instead of cash grants.