Guyana News

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC have been granted leave to appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Guyana Court of Appeal’s ruling that it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the dismissal of the Opposition APNU+AFC’s election petition which challenged the results of the March 2nd 2020 general elections.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says its Central Executive took a decision to withhold support for the government-led cleanup of the city on Saturday and Sunday.

Wärtsilä and Guyana Power and Light (GPL) engineers are close to determining the root cause of the malfunctioning of the newly installed generator sets at the Garden of Eden plant, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar said.

Fifteen years on, former manager Maurice Arjoon is still engaged in a court battle for severance and other benefits owed by the New Building Society (NBS) which has been found to have wrongfully dismissed him back in 2007.

The trial of Sedley Liver-pool who is accused of killing Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman back in 2015, has been set to commence on Monday January 24th, before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Georgetown.

With six key positions yet to be addressed along with a work plan for the hosting of the constitutionally overdue Local Government Elections (LGE) and responding to the government’s amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) spent most its meeting yesterday on secondary matters.

A 23-year-old Region Four man is among five more COVID fatalities.

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday expressed its deepest sympathy at the passing on Monday of businessman Yesu Persaud. 

From January 27, 2022, Carib-bean Airlines (CAL) will introduce a pre-order meal service, on certain routes, which will give customers more choice and an authentic taste of the Caribbean when they fly.

The process for the submission of comments and objections concerning the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Development Project concluded over one month ago but the EPA remains silent as to what the next step will be.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a new administrative building for the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of January 17th, 2022, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Protesting has resumed at Dartmouth, on the Essequibo Coast, in Region Two, over the killing of businessman Orin Boston by a policeman.

As tributes poured in yesterday to honour pioneering business magnate, Yesu Persaud, persons he work-ed with over the decades remembered a patriotic visionary who paved the way for emerging entrepreneurs, doing so with humility and compassion.

Millions of dollars in cargo went up in flames late Sunday night as a fire of unknown origin ravaged two Laparkan Shipping storage bonds in the Guyana National Industrial Company compound on Lombard Street, Georgetown.

With fully-vaccinated persons making up almost 40% of COVID-19 deaths for the month, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has said comorbidities and waning immunity may be among the responsible factors.

After an initial agreement on the nominees for the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), the APNU+AFC has changed one of its nominees.

A celebration of Yesu Persaud’s  90th birthday in 2018 gave intimate glimpses of the early motivations behind his success and the humility and tenacity that always remained with him.

The Health Ministry will be investigating cases of paediatric COVID-19 deaths, Minister of Health Dr.

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that the National Grade Six Assessment will be written on July 6 and 7 and there will be two mock examinations to prepare students.