Guyana News

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) will investigate the sale of two Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) transmission towers to Bobby Vieira’s Multicultural Communications Inc for $2.1 million when GuySuCo officials have said that they are worth at least $10 million each.

Over the past year, 3,000 infants were screened for sickle cell anaemia and congenital hypothyroidism in a pilot project at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

An assessment of roads and bridges in the South Rupununi by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in Region Nine, which was reportedly delayed by the torrential rains, is expected to commence this week.

According to Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo his party will be unveiling its manifesto in phases.

A team of surgical specialists from the Georgetown Public Hospital, the Minis-try of Public Health and other health facilities in Regions 2, 6 and 10, conducted a two-day  outreach at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital during which 27 surgeries were done.

Trinidadian conglomerate Massy will on Wednesday open one of its largest stores in the Caribbean at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara.

Residents of Speightland in Mackenzie, Linden yesterday received a one- year permit to utilise a plot of land near the waterfront.

Over two years after being accidentally shot during a shootout between police and alleged bandits, an Agricola woman is still awaiting compensation from the Guyana Police Force.

According to Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon the recent rise in governmental outreaches are all “budgeted expenses”.

Dr Brian O’Toole, the head of Nations University yesterday lamented that there had been no progress seven months on in relation to the attempt on his life.

While some of his co-accused have pleaded guilty, Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell, who is facing a charge of conspiracy to violate US maritime drug enforcement law, is now set to go on trial on April 14th, 2020, according to an order made by US District Judge Paul G.

Almost two-thirds of public officials have failed to fulfil their legal duty.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, which ravaged The Bahamas last week, Guyanese survivors are calling on government to “step out of their cocoon” and connect with citizens who need their help to get home.

With oil production estimated to begin in approximately six months, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to prepare an assessment that will identify the possible risks to Guyana should an oil spill occur and it is expected to take several months.

Rawle Glasgow, one of several passengers injured after the Route 42 minibus they were travelling in collided with a pick-up along the New Hope, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road more than a month ago, has succumbed.

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman on Friday affirmed Guyana’s readiness to work with sister states to protect the Amazon rainforest as the country signed a pact with six fellow Amazonian states to coordinate disaster response and satellite monitoring.

Overseas-based doctors treating seven-year-old Shaniya Persaud, who was severely burnt more than a month ago after a fire gutted her Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home, has given her a poor prognosis for recovery.

The entry of police and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers into Kaikan Village, in Region Seven, has caused significant security and social problems, according to residents, who say women have been sexually assaulted and villagers have been threatened and intimidated.

Government will soon grant absolute land titles to several Indigenous communities following Cabinet approval, Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon announced on Friday.

The return of convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan has been delayed due to Hurricane Dorian, Police Commissioner Leslie James said on Friday.