Guyana News

Chiding the former APNU+AFC administration for the closure of sugar estates during its term in office, Member of Parliament (MP) Seepaul Narine yesterday reassured that the new PPP/C-led government will be reopening them.

The police are probing the discoveries of two aircraft, one of which had on board the body of a dead man, suspected to be a foreign national and a quantity of suspected cocaine.

As the new school year began virtually for many students across the country, the Ministry of Education rolled out programmes on the Guyana Learning Channel to reach those students who cannot access the internet.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), on 1st September 2020, signed an agreement for a $6M grant which will be used to determine the feasibility of establishing a Consolidated Log Yard (CLY) operation in Guyana.

`It has taken good and special care of some interest groups, but left 90% of the people out altogether – particularly the working class and poor’ APNU+AFC MP Raphael Trotman and Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar yesterday clashed over  the merits of Budget 2020 as debate  on the long-delayed presentation began at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

Guyana has recorded 31 new cases of the novel coronavirus, with the cases being recorded in eight of the ten administrative regions.

The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL)  on Sunday said that violence in the society has reached unacceptable levels.

Residents of Holmes Stelling, in Tiger Bay, Georgetown, believe that ongoing work at the Avinash Complex on Water Street is putting them at risk and want authorities to intervene.

New opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Amanza Walton-Desir yesterday voiced concern over the PPP/C-led government’s recent foreign policy decisions and warned against the country being steered by the United States into foreign interventions that would be to its detriment.

The police today said that Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry were murdered two weekends ago at one location and taken to another and they are continuing to search for the primary site.

APNU+AFC MP Raphael Trotman today issued a veiled warning to the government not to commit to anything during the upcoming visit of US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo that could jeopardise Guyana’s pursuit of a judicial settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela.

The GPF today said that yesterday at  about 10. 20 pm  Police from Issano, Region 7, acting on information received went to the 9 Miles Airstrip , Issano , Middle Mazaruni River where they found a Red and white 206 Cessna   suspected to be a Brazilian aircraft along with three male foreign nationals: a 38-year-old pilot, from Boa Vista, Brazil; a 29-year-old pilot from Tumeremo, Venezuela; and a 35-year-old internet technician from Manaus, Brazil were found.

Cries for justice rose louder yesterday as the two teenagers hacked to death last weekend were memorialised in  emotional ceremonies in the city before being laid to rest in the Number 5 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) burial ground.

With an agenda not yet fixed, a United States government team arrived yesterday in Guyana and will today begin preparations for Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s visit later this week, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd  said.

Four more persons are now in custody over the alleged home invasion which ended with the murder of Bath Settlement businessman, Mohamed Haniff, bringing the total number of persons detained  to five. 

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat says that US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s visit this week is in no way tied to permits being processed for ExxonMobil’s Payara well and that the US oil major must meet the necessary requirements and environmental standards before any approval is granted.

A secret recording of US oil executives at a gathering last year in Colorado revealed that they were worried that some producers were intentionally flaring or burning off far too much natural gas, threatening the industry’s image, the New York Times (NYT) yesterday reported.

Repairs to a section of the retractor span on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) were completed yesterday and openings for marine traffic are expected to return to normal from today.

Almost half a year since the pandemic lockdown, families are still struggling to put food on the table and while a COVID-19 vaccine could be a major breakthrough, there is skepticism as it relates to possible side effects.

Another two persons have died from COVID-19 as revealed by the Ministry of Health’s dashboard for yesterday, taking the death toll to fifty-six.