Guyana News

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 17 new cases from 758 more COVID-19 tests that have been conducted.

 “When I saw my son’s motionless body. I immediately felt cold and confused…my brain could not make sense of what I saw…too many thoughts began rushing through my mind…Brian is dead.”

Amid continuing concerns here about whether it has been legally bound to full insurance and compensation for any oil spill here , ExxonMobil’s affiliate Esso Exploration and Pro-duction Guyana Limited (EEGPL) yesterday said that while such an occurrence is highly unlikely here, the company and partners will not shun their responsibility.

With some uncertainty surrounding the language in his resignation letter, former Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon yesterday clarified that he has indeed resigned as a member of the National Assembly effective March 15, 2022.

High Court Judge, Gino Persaud has ruled that the challenge filed by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to the suspension of its Commissioners by President Irfaan Ali and the non-promotion of ranks can proceed, and that its former Chairman, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe, having sufficient standing in the case, can stand in its stead—though now expired.

As part of its contribution to the reduction of food imports and Caricom’s food security plans, Guyana has gotten the ball rolling by putting up 25,000 acres of land for private farmers to invest in and that amount can increase as the plan is assessed, President Irfaan Ali declared.

An overseas-based Guyanese family is now mourning after their 21-year-old relative died during the wee hours of yesterday after he was stabbed at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne.

Encouraging investment here as he pledged continued support for seeing Guyana become the “next Norway” in terms of development, IDB President Mauricio Claver-Carone on Monday said that this country should not be punished for discovering its oil and gas resources later than the rest of the world.

APNU+AFC Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, Geeta Chandan-Edmond has submitted a motion to the National Assembly calling for the Com-missioner of Police to address repeated instances of his ranks abusing their power of arrest and detention.

While recently boasting of  strides made by the judiciary, particularly in eliminating the case-backlog, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards also lamented the shortage of judges which continues to plague it. 

With a focus on its physicians being trained in tropical medicine to better able serve Guyanese specifically living in New York, US, Northwell Health—that state’s largest health care provider—has dispatched its first batch of medical residents to Guyana to work at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A policeman who was granted bail on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice, was yesterday freed after the virtual complainant decided not to give evidence in the matter.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday said that the recent spate of road fatalities calls for renewed interventions such as heightened enforcement and increasing fines and sanctions.

A woman and her daughter were yesterday charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding a relative during a scuffle at their home.

The lifeless body of a 57-year-old Bel Air resident was last Thursday found behind the Marriott Hotel, Kingston and an autopsy has confirmed that she drowned.

Two men were taken into custody on Tuesday following the discovery of $6.5 million worth in cocaine at Tucville, George-town.

Shirley Hollingsworth, the pedestrian who was injured in the fatal accident on the Agricola Public Road just over a week ago, has succumbed to her injuries in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The captain who was involved in the boat mishap on the Essequibo River on March 8 has had his licence suspended pending investigations that are currently being conducted by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

A Corentyne businessman is now nursing injuries to his head and hand after he was attacked by three customers on Tuesday evening after he informed that he would be closing his shop earlier than usual.

Cosmetologists, beauticians and barbers will soon be operating their businesses from new concrete stalls that are currently being built at the Merriman Mall.