Guyana News

Sanctions loom for organisers of the recently concluded Futsal Finals as an investigation is underway by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to determine the factors that led to the breach of COVID-19 protocols, Prime Minister   Mark Phillips yesterday said.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC are seeking leave from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to appeal the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal 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.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched the Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC).

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland yesterday met with the Chair and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) during its weekly statutory meeting.

The Bonasika family of eight who recently lost their home to fire will soon start to rebuild following a helping hand from the Ministry of Public Works and the Private Sector Commission.

Five persons have  been arrested for beating a Black Bush Polder, Corentyne man on Sunday which resulted in him being hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

The Ministry of Education yesterday handed over 20 desk combinations donated by Rocky’s Pharmaceuticals Supplies to the Richard Ishmael Secondary School.

A tender was yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the supply and installation of an air conditioning system at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 10th, 2022, three more men who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The presence of oil industry vessels in areas that were once profitable fishing grounds for local fishermen has forced them to scope out new grounds resulting in extremely low catches and high overhead expenses.

A Corporal attached to the Special Constabulary was crushed to death yesterday morning after she lost control of her bicycle and fell along the La Penitence Public Road, Georgetown.

A Friendship, East Bank Demerara man was yesterday charged over the murder of two gold miners at Nassano Backdam on Christmas Eve.

Oil and gas co-operation will be one of the items on the agenda when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro makes an official visit to Guyana later this month.

A Roraima Airways pilot has been suspended and the domestic airline is facing penalties for breaching aviation regulations in the Britten-Norman Trislander  crash-landing at Eccles, East Bank Demerara last August.

A quick response from the New Amsterdam Fire Service last evening saved a multi- million dollar building which houses ANSA McAl and Bhivar in New Amsterdam from going up in flames A sudden fire had started in the upper flat of the building where Bhivar is located.

A Brazilian national was on Sunday robbed of a quantity of gold jewellery and cash along the Puruni trail in Region Seven and the police have since arrested three suspects, who they said confessed to the crime.

Seematie Chandra who was crushed to death on Wednesday under her house at Bonasika had been urged by her mother to relocate from the area.

Some 438 new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded and the current active total stands at over 6,000.

An APNU+AFC-sponsored motion was yesterday passed during the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) statutory meeting recommending the dismissal of City Engineer Colvern Venture. 

The Guyana Government has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on firms with the capacity to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for 33 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar power.