Guyana News

Autopsies yesterday found that a fractured spine and drowning were among the causes of the deaths of the victims of last Tuesday evening’s boat collision in the Upper Berbice River. 

 By Aubrey Armstrong The late Paterson “Pat” Thompson’s life (1931 – 2020) spanned three (3) eras of the life of the Caribbean, so I have titled this tribute a “Life in three Acts”.

Following its closure to international commercial flights as part of COVID-19 measures, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is beginning to feeling the impact financially.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is continuing to blacklist contractors over the supply of false information and it remains hopeful that the penalty will deter others bidding for state contracts from breaching public tendering regulations.

An East Coast Demerara man was yesterday arrested after he was caught trying to smuggle a parcel containing contraband items into the Lusignan Prison.

Another person has been admitted to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), according to the latest Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) COVID-19 update.

The Carter Center today said that it has so far been unsuccessful in getting permission from the Government of Guyana for an observer to fly into the country on Monday to observe the recount of votes for the March 2nd elections.

The PPP this afternoon flayed APNU+AFC for opposing live streaming and cellphones at the long awaited recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

Commentator Kit Nascimento today condemned a request by APNU+AFC to have cell phones and cameras banned from the recount of votes from March 2 general elections.

The sugar union GAWU today mourned the passing of former PPP/C Minister of Home Affairs Feroze Mohamed.

Digicel today said that more than 2,000 medical professionals engaged on the COVID-19 frontlines have received free 4G data bundles for three months.

With another admonition from CARICOM Chairperson Mia Mottley that a legitimate government depends on a transparent recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections, a three-member scrutineer team from the Community touched down here yesterday for a second attempt at resolving the country’s electoral crisis and a long-awaited start date for the process is expected to be set today.

While Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh has so far maintained that the recount of the votes from the March 2nd polls will not be live streamed, at least two of the contesting political parties plan to ask her today to reconsider.

A West Ruimveldt, Georgetown mother is now dead after she was accidentally shot by a neighbourhood resident, who was firing wildly at a man he had a row with over a stolen bike early yesterday morning.

De facto Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence yesterday said that Guyana has recorded a 110% increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in just under a month as she criticised citizens for not taking the pandemic seriously.

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) on Tuesday received a deposit of US$4.9 million, representing this country’s first royalty payment from offshore oil production.

Neville France, the youth who police say broke into the home of Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara resident Tameshwarie Sonilal and stabbed her to death on Sunday night, was charged with the crime and remanded to prison on Thursday.

A senior police officer is one of two persons who were left hospitalised on Thursday after a collision along the Johanna Cecelia Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast.

Following a request to the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), lawyers have been classified as essential workers.

Young Guyanese singer and songwriter Juke Ross yesterday released his newest song, “Atlanta,” in which he addresses the dislocation caused by his move from his homeland.