Guyana News

CEO of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Dane Gobin, and CEO of Instream Energy Systems out of Vancouver, Canada, Dave Dennis, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Sunday for the purpose of providing “reliable, environmentally friendly, low cost hydrokinetic energy to support conservation and sustainable use of Guyana’s natural resources”.

A King Street man was yesterday fined for stealing mirrors from two cars.

Four months after being elected Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) – the main component of APNU+AFC coalition – Aubrey Norton was yesterday elected unopposed to fill the vacancy of Leader of the Opposition and pledged to hold the PPP/C government accountable.

Residents living in Lima Sands in Region Two have expressed satisfaction that their road is finally undergoing rehabilitation after making such requests for the past four years.

PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton was this afternoon elected as Leader of the Opposition, replacing Joseph Harmon who resigned earlier this year.

The police are investigating the reported murder of teacher Shenese Walks, 19, of Craig, East Bank Demerara who was found with a knife stuck in her neck.

APNU+AFC members, Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence were this afternoon sworn in as Members of Parliament.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday signed contracts worth $1.3 billion for 35 projects countrywide, with Gaico Construction and General Services Inc being allocated the largest – $569.3 million for the dredging of the Pomeroon River mouth.

By Aviso Paul A 57-year-old Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) housewife was murdered in the wee hours of yesterday after police say her husband made good on threats he had made to her life.

Lauding Guyana for its accession to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court, President of the CCJ, Justice Adrian Saunders, said that during the years the country had a single appellate tier, its justice system “did not flourish as well as it could otherwise have.”

With investment interests from Canadian businesses accelerating since oil was found here, Guyana and Canada yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them working together for investments across a wide range of business ventures.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, US-based medical services provider RemoteMD charged 15 oil services workers US$350 ($70,000) each for a rapid COVID test, far higher than local labs and raising questions again over the expense claims that ExxonMobil and its contractors will make as cost oil.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday decided to confirm Melanie Marshall as the substantive Voter Registration Manager, according to Commissioners Vincent Alexander and Sase Gunraj.

Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday dropped a broad hint that there would be no revival of sugar at the Skeldon estate on the scale that had been promised by the government and envisaged by Corentyne residents.

A body suspected to be that of Rosignol fisherman, Suraj Dhaneshwar, who reportedly fell overboard last month, washed up on the Dantzig, Mahaicony foreshore on Monday.

A four-year-old girl is currently in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after she was stabbed by her mother’s partner on Sunday evening following an argument between the women.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) which will allow members of the force to attend a number of training programmes at the facility.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 8 new COVID-19 cases from 1, 357 tests that were conducted.

A 57-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the wee hours of today at her Lot 563 Foulis home, East Coast Demerara.

The Police today issued a wanted bulletin for Ryvan Shervin Francis in relation to the murder of Levoy Taljit in December of 2013.