Guyana News

The burnt remains suspected to be those of Canadian citizen, Nicholas Ramkissoon Jaipaul, were this morning discovered in Molsen Creek, Upper Corentyne.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced measures the government will take to handle the COVID-19 outbreak in the country and get the economy back on track and US$60 million more is being sourced to assist in these efforts.

A fire of unknown origin on Sheriff Street yesterday laid siege to three buildings for over five hours as the fire service battled with water supply issues.

ExxonMobil’s refusal to pay two fines to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will see the oil major for the first time being taken to court by the agency which yesterday sounded a warning that it will not be intimidated.

Hundreds of Diamond and Grove, East Bank Demerara residents were last night affected by flooding when the door of a sluice situated at the Grove Market Street collapsed.

The West Bank Demerara district once widely known for its sugar production owing to the now defunct Wales Sugar Estate, is now predominantly under rice cultivation as many of the cane farmers have made the switch following the closure of the estate.  

By Readawne Henery Residents of Dantzig, Mahaicony are once again experiencing flooding resulting from a combination of breached sea defences and high tides.

Former Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Vishnu Persaud has won just under $5M in a lawsuit he brought against the Guyana Chronicle and GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander for defamatory statements they made about him.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) last evening released the names of its 33 parliamentarians who will serve in the 12th Parliament, and along with the recently sworn in ministers of government are four new faces in attorney-at-law Sanjeev Datadin, GAWU executive Seepaul Narine, Dr Tandika Smith of Region Three, and Lee Gendre Hakkim Williams of Region Seven.

Guyana yesterday recorded four new deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus signalling a sudden spike in the country’s fatalities which now stand at 29.

Forty new COVID-19 cases were recorded within the last 24 hours as numbers continue to spike throughout the country.

India has allocated US$1m to Guyana’s COVID-19 fight and Georgetown has also signalled interest to New Delhi in procuring a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has described recent media reports critical of the Partnership’s parliamentary candidate selection as “mistaken, misleading and misplaced.”

The Board of Directors of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday announced the appointment of Radha Krishna Sharma as the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NICIL.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine on Tuesday refuted claims in reports by two media houses that City Hall’s restoration funds were not accounted for.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday announced that chartered flights to and from the United States have been approved for the months of September and October.

The PPP/C today released their list of 33 MPs for the new Parliament.

The  Ministry of Agriculture says that the Diamond/Grove sluice door has experienced some amount of damage due to the current high tide.

With the number of COVID-19  cases rising  in the country and five persons dying from the disease in the last four days, President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced a number of measures his Government is taking to tackle the pandemic which includes the sourcing of some US$60M to assist in its efforts.