Guyana News

On Tuesday the National Assembly was told that the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is bankrupt even as the infrastructure for the delivery of potable water crumbles in several communities. 

Finding certain words published by the Kaieteur News (KN) against former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington, to be defamatory, the High Court yesterday awarded him damages to the tune of $18M and $220,000 in costs pertaining to five cases.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that a bank account was opened at the beginning of this  month in order to facilitate the return of millions of dollars invested by persons in suspected Ponzi scheme, Accelerated Capital Firm (ACF) however there has been no progress.

A build-up of traffic occurred along the East Bank highway starting at the Prospect area yesterday, after a lumber-laden truck toppled sometime between the hours of 10:30 and 11:00 am, blocking both carriageways.

Three of the seven teams which set out to represent Guyana in the International Youth Robotics Competition held virtually in South Korea, have carted away medals with a mask distribution and sanitizing robot earning silver.

Prisoners housed at the Lusignan prison responded angrily yesterday morning over their safety, a day after two inmates tested positive for the Coronavirus  (COVID-19), Director of  Prisons Gladwin Samuels said.

A second attempt yesterday by the Opposition to seek information on the visit by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo was denied by Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir. 

The man, whose body was found on board one of the two aircraft which were discovered on Monday in Region Seven was yesterday identified as Brazilian national,  Alessandro Eduardo Petravieius,  49.

A number of workers attached to the Uitvlugt estate yesterday downed tools as they expressed their frustrations with the growing inefficient functioning of the factory.

A fisherman is now in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was stabbed in his abdomen by his brother on Tuesday night.

The Minister of Labour yesterday said  that the Ministry of Health has confirmed that one staff member from the Co-operatives Department of the Ministry of Labour has tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Regional Health Officer (RHO) of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Region Nine, on Tuesday said that there are only six active cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region.

The Guyana Police Force today rejected claims by an attorney for the accused Ponzi scheme couple that an account was not established to enable the return of monies taken from hundreds.

The Guyana Government yesterday dismissed concerns that United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s visit here this week will entail discussions on Venezuela and said that emphasis should be placed on Washington’s assistance in bringing investment opportunities here.

In an effort to revive its travel and tourism sectors which have been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) members Heads of Government have agreed to the creation of a Travel Bubble for states that are low- or no-risk for the novel coronavirus.

Financial Analyst, Sasenarine Singh has been appointed Chief Executive Officer  (CEO) (ag) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) effective  September 14.

The Ministry of Health yesterday disclosed that two persons who were infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) died on Monday while undergoing treatment.

Two Lusignan Prison inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), prison authorities confirmed yesterday.

The National Assembly now has two additional members in the persons of Parliamentary Secretaries Sarah Browne and Vickash Ramkissoon. 

Truck driver Nandran Persaud, 42, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over the murder of his former girlfriend, Lunisa Peters, 24, who was fatally stabbed a week ago.