Guyana News

Local health authorities on Friday received 28,800 more doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine through a donation from the Government of Spain.

An East Bank Berbice single mother of six on Friday received a newly constructed house on the lot she became the owner of 13 years ago.

Government has granted approval for the return of Aruba Airlines, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said, having reviewed the airline’s application to operate here.

GTT on Saturday reported the disruption of services to its customers in Linden and surrounding areas due to a deliberate act of vandalism.

Investigations have revealed that a deliberate act resulted in several GTT customers being unable to access landline and mobile data service connectivity in Linden and its surrounding areas on January 14, 2022, a release from the company said today.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 14th, 2022, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Fearing a massive explosion after the detection of fuel in the exhaust of a generator, the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Consultations on reforms to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) will continue as changes are still being drafted to the National Registration Act, according to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira.

A High Court judge on Friday overturned a magistrate’s decision to grant bail to two Brazilian men who were charged with drug trafficking after over 1100 pounds of cocaine were found when their plane crash-landed at Orealla in May last year.

Months after he allegedly shot and killed Dartmouth businessman Orin Boston at his home during an operation, a police constable attached to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit was yesterday charged with manslaughter and asked to post $1 million bail for his release.

A 43-year-old construction worker died on Thursday night after he was impaled by a steel rod while riding by an Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) construction site.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported six more COVID-19 deaths, including that of a toddler, while active cases across the country neared the 9,000-mark with the confirmation of more infections.

Just over 24 hours after his party issued a call for the “Introduction of temporary price ceilings to curb the constant rise in prices and introduction of consumer food subsidies” to address the rising cost of living in Guyana, Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton said that he was not aware of the position.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine on Friday called for an opposition boycott of the city cleanup planned this weekend by the government and Private Sector Commission (PSC).

Guyana Teachers’ Union President Mark Lyte on Thursday urged the Ministry of Education (MoE) to continuously engage with teachers to tackle issues within the school system, including the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The five men who are accused of brutalising Black Bush Polder, Coren-tyne labourer Gregory Bhola on Sunday, leaving him hospitalised in intensive care, have been charged.

A 23-year-old man was found dead on Friday morning at his Onderneemimg Sand Pit home, in Region Two.

The Attorney General’s Chambers has reported that former Police Sergeant Colin Bailey, who was discharged in the murder of his wife after the prosecution admitted it had no evidence against him, has lost a challenge against the state on the claim that it did not facilitate his trial within a reasonable timeframe.

Several hours-long closures of the Demerara Harbour Bridge are scheduled as major rehabilitation of spans nine and ten is due to resume, according to General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation Wayne Watson.

Roraima Airways pilot Learie Barclay has been suspended for six months by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) following the crash landing involving the Britten-Norman Trislander at Eccles, East Bank Demerara last August.