Guyana News

With the election recount results showing a loss for the incumbent APNU+AFC, the owner of the Liliendaal property where a billion-dollar infectious diseases hospital has been erected and the contractors involved could face a long wait for payment and searing questions as the winner of the polls, the PPP/C has raised a flurry of accountability issues about the project.

A youth held for questioning about the death of teenager Melissa Soman, whose body was fished out of the Berbice River on Thursday, has told investigators that she jumped overboard after he launched an attack on her and the owner of the boat they were travelling in at the time.

No novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing has been done in recent days due to “problems” at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL).

De facto Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence has backpedaled on a decision to relax non-curfew COVID-19 restrictions in regions Five and Eight.

Former educator and author Joyce Sinclair, who earned a reputation for serving the public sector with distinction, died at her Queenstown, Georgetown home yesterday morning.

Junita Gomes, the Kato Village, Region Eight woman who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour more than a year ago, has undergone a successful “lifesaving” surgical procedure to drain the fluid from her brain.

Committed to ensuring the administration of justice even in a time of crisis, the judiciary’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not an isolated one, but a concerted regional effort aimed at continuity of services.

The remedial works being undertaken at the Mabaruma Solar Farm and supervised by the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) have progressed into the hybrid power system’s testing phase, Agency Head Mahender Sharma has said.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is currently replacing a pipeline at Cemetery Road, George-town, after a 14-inch transmission line there ruptured recently, causing flooding of the cemetery and the disruption of the water supply to some city residents.

Torrential rains have not had a great impact on the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region with the exception of farmers and some infrastructure, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker has said.

The police are trying to find three masked bandits who allegedly robbed a contractor of $300,000 in cash shortly after he returned home from an East Bank Demerara (EBD) bank on Friday afternoon.

The police on Tuesday unearthed just over 12 pounds of suspected cannabis that was buried at a Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara property.

Three years have passed since 62-year-old Krishnoutie (only name) was killed in a fatal accident along the Met-en-meerzorg Public road and her family is still waiting for justice.

The Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ ADA) is clearing canals, among other interventions, to ensure that farmers on the West Coast of Berbice have access to adequate irrigation water for the autumn crop, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) yesterday denied a claim by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) that it has taken a decision not to honour claims for sickness or accident benefits made by sugar workers.

Almost a week after retracting its announcement of an amnesty, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has said that beginning from Monday the municipality will not charge interest on general rates and taxes for 2020.

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) will soon be launching a six-week virtual preparatory course for prospective Diploma or Certificate programme students who do not have the required grades at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level for admittance.

Telecoms provider Guyana Telephone &Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that its Blaze internet service has been extended to cover residents of Green Acres Providence, on the East Bank of Demerara.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has missed its sugar production target for the first crop of 2020 by almost 9,500 tonnes, according to the main sugar workers’ union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU).

Change Guyana, which contested the March 2nd general elections, today called on President David Granger to concede defeat and allow the inauguration of PPP/C presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali.