Guyana News

With unanimous support from both sides the National Assembly on Wednesday night passed the Wills Act  (Amendment) Bill which now allows attesting witnesses to sign an affidavit of due execution at the time the will is made, thereby eliminating the need to locate witnesses posthumously.

-other charge pending Following the fatal accident that claimed the lives of two pedestrians at Tuschen on Sunday, the driver has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and a file was prepared and sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice regarding the charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

With the aim of providing better customer service, Papa Johns Pizza officially opened its doors to the Guyanese public on Monday.

The construction of the Pasha Hotel at Liliendaal is behind schedule as the first phase which was slated for completion by August this year remains incomplete.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, during his weekly press briefing, yesterday provided an update on the government’s ongoing cash grant distribution initiative where $100,000 will be provided to all persons 18 and older.

The Guyana Prison Service on Wednesday said that it had recorded a “remarkable reduction” in recidivism rates for 2024, “signalling a positive trend in the rehabilitation of offenders within the country’s correctional system.”

Region One’s healthcare workforce has been significantly strengthened with the addition of 84 individuals who are now certified nursing assistants, community health workers (CHWs) and operating room technicians. 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is pressing ahead with its plans to eliminate malaria by 2030.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus attempted to leave the country via Brazil on Monday but was thwarted.

-after marathon session By Khadidja Ba A bill brought by the state to speed the acquisition of land for public purposes was passed yesterday after a marathon parliamentary session that saw exchanges over the ancestral lands of African Guyanese and fierce heckling from both sides.

Residents of Port Kaituma in Region One were among the latest to receive the $100,000 one-off cash grant promised by the Government of Guyana for every citizen 18 years and older, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday. 

-plus seven years for attempted murder of another Forty-two-year-old Lester Lawrence La Fleur, called ‘Turtle’, stood motionless as Justice Zamilla Ally-Seepaul yesterday imposed on him a 21-year sentence after he had pleaded guilty to the offence of murder, committed on 15-year-old schoolboy Carlos Leung-A-Wah.

-EPA says no environmental study required A fuel blending facility spearheaded by local fuel distributor Shi-Oil has been proposed for Maripa along the Essequibo River.

-says Guyana’s deepwater developments `most successful’ in the world Marking five years of oil production here today, ExxonMobil yesterday said that “it is an achievement that underscores the transformative potential of the country’s growing energy sector.”

The foreign ministers of CARICOM and Japan have reiterated the call for the peaceful resolution of the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

A Guyanese citizen has died while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Miami, Florida.

Police are looking for a Brazilian suspect who is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Brian Marco called ‘Toney’, or ‘Regular Boy’, which occurred on Monday at Omai backdam, Region Seven.

Bryan Lychcott, 62, of Lot 2589 Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who collapsed and died at the Alberttown police station after being arrested on Monday, had suffered a heart attack.

The fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her daughter at Westminster, West Bank Demerara, last Friday, was electrical in origin, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham says.

(Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Tuesday it has taken Exxon Mobil’s (XOM.N) local