Guyana News

The US Embassy today said that US$475,000 ($100m) is being released by the US to Guyana’s COVID-19 fight.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Zahir Ali , aged 40 years,  a fisherman  of Lot 78 Mosquito Hall, Unity,  Mahaica, East Coast Dememara which occurred on 2020-04-22 about 7.20 pm  allegedly by two males, one of whom has since been detained while the other is being sought.

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll percentage of 10.4 is far beyond the World Health Organization’s estimated 3 – 4 % mortality rate and this is of great concern to the Public Health Ministry.

Both the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) and the National Air Transport Association (NATA) have expressed grave concern over the accusation by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCCA) of ‘price gouging’. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is expected to meet  today to discuss the draft order for the proposed recounting of votes for the 2020 General Elections and opposition- Commissioner Sase Gunraj is hoping for  finality on the terms so that the counting can begin soonest.

The financial crisis facing the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is likely to force the company to approach the caretaker government for aid in order to pay employees’ wages and salaries for May, a source on Tuesday told Stabroek News.

The residents of Dantzig and Columbia villages in Mahaicony are becoming increasingly alarmed as the sea defences in the area erode more and more every day.

While a number of businesses remain closed to the public on Regent Street, those of the non-essential type which keep their doors open are saying that they have no other choice in order to keep bread on their tables and those of their employees.

At least 32 Crabwood Creek loggers, who are stuck at various points up the Corentyne River are running out of supplies since neither they nor their employers are able to traverse the river, after the Suriname authorities closed access due to that country’s COVID-19 curfew. 

Presidential candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Irfaan Ali, on Monday said that there have been enough delays in the post-elections crisis and “undemocratic forces will not succeed” as he called for the will of the people to be honoured.

A 30-year-old prisoner was on Tuesday night chopped to death during a scuffle with other inmates in the Holding Bay of the Lusignan Prison, one day after four others escaped from the facility.

General Secretary of the People’s Nation-al Congress Reform (PNCR), Amna Ally on Tuesday gifted a new butchery building to Jamal and  Latchmin Azeez.

A lone gunman, posing as a customer, yesterday morning held an employee of the Emperor Mineral Trading in Bartica at gunpoint before escaping with an estimated $2M worth in cash and raw gold.

Orrin King, the man accused of chopping his ex-wife, Natoya Speede to death almost one month ago at the Bartica Airstrip was charged earlier this month with murder and remanded to prison.

Local business process outsourcing (BPO) services have said that they have implemented measures as advised by the Public Health Ministry as they continue operations.

A search is continuing for Ryan Pemberton called `Sancho’, the Alberttown businessman who is wanted by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) for allegedly threatening to kill ranks after they intercepted a quantity of cocaine on a fibre glass vessel at Parika, East Bank Essequibo two months ago.

The body of Ryan Khayum, the Charity farmer who went missing after a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) vessel collided with his on Monday night has been recovered.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) today said that the measures imposed by the COVID-19 task force on the industry are excessive and it also disclosed that it was considering providing relief flights to Region Eight.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Jason Dundas, 30, an inmate of the Lusignan Prison Holding Bay which occurred yesterday. 

Thirty-four companies have submitted expressions of interests (EOIs) to market Guyana’s entitlement from the Exxon-operated Liza Destiny FPSO in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.