Guyana News

Unable to undertake critical maintenance work during the day, the management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company is piloting a new system by executing much needed works on the harbour bridge at nights, General Manager Wayne Watson said.

A Coverden man died yesterday morning after he was struck down by a lorry while attempting to cross the Bagotstown Public Road.

At a recent meeting in preparation for their appearance at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Finance Secretary Sukrishnalall Pasha stated that he had informed several permanent secretaries to desist from the practice of making advance payments to companies which are deemed as reputable.

A man accused of raping a young woman was on Monday afternoon freed after a jury acquitted him.

A mason was last Friday remanded to prison on a charge that he murdered a fellow North West District (NWD) man.

Police in Region Seven are investigating the disappearance of a 27-year-old Essequibo Coast miner on April 15 at Toroparu Backdam, Lower Puruni River.

Zanneel Nirmala Williams, 25, who was caught while trying to smuggle over 20 pounds of cocaine onto a flight last week, is now awaiting sentencing, while her two co-accused have been granted bail. 

Joshua Williams, the murder accused who was recently held by police, was arraigned on Monday to face to the charge.

A 34-year-old aircraft mechanic and a 54-year-old business manager were Monday night robbed by two persons, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

A team from the  Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday met with Leader of the PNCR and Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton and his delegation.

President Irfaan Ali and members of his delegation attended a welcome dinner last evening in London.

A 30-year-old contractor was on Monday night robbed of devices and cash totalling more than half a million dollars when he was pounced on by two armed suspects while walking along Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown Following the robbery, the suspects escaped with one iPhone valued $120,000, one Apple laptop computer valued $430,000, and $80,000 in cash.

The Health Ministry yesterday reported 19 new COVID-19 cases. The cases were confirmed from 1,533 tests that were done.

A shutdown of GPL’s  Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) occurred today after contractors working in the Diamond Housing Scheme damaged the 69 kVA transmission line.

ExxonMobil this afternoon announced three new discoveries offshore Guyana and said it has increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today insisted that a range of vital issues outside of constitutional appointments have to be raised whenever he meets with President Irfaan Ali.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday ordered that a criminal investigation be launched into the actions of Dannie Ramdolar, a former Civil Engineer at the Ministry of Public Security after he yesterday attempted to justify the full payment for a contract signed in December 2018 before all of the works were completed.

The bundling by oil contractors of hazardous and non-hazardous waste management into a single contract has put Guyanese companies at a significant disadvantage as they do not currently have the capacity to handle the former and the Local Content Secretariat (LCS) is addressing the matter.

A 62-year-old mechanic died and several others were injured following an accident along the #58 Mabura trail, Region Ten yesterday.

Autopsies conducted yesterday failed to establish the cause of death of Richie Hansraj and Justin Teixeira, the two men whose lifeless bodies were discovered in a vehicle in the Marriott hotel parking lot, Kingston on Saturday morning.