Guyana News

The PPP/C government’s version of the Natural Resource Fund Act is no different from the earlier one by the APNU+AFC coalition in relation to the concentration of powers.

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte has accused the Ministry of Education of breaching both the gazetted COVID-19 guidelines as well as the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) social distancing advice.

Citing his assertions of impartiality and lack of bias, APNU+AFC  Member of Parliament David Patterson has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly reminding him that they are yet to receive word on the fate of the October 27, 2021 motion relating to the proposed gas-to-shore project.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it has already written the Ministry of Public Service seeking an engagement to commence discussions for 2022 salary increases.

It was representation from the accounting and legal communities that resulted in significant changes in the local content law and Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that crafting legislation for the new oil sector will take time to perfect. 

Almost eight months after Ronald Wong was chopped to death near his Three Friends Mines, Coomacka, Region Ten, home, his neighbour has been charged with his killing.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has written to its members urging them to take an ‘isolation day’ from tomorrow in light of the current spike in COVID-19 numbers among teachers and students.

Nine months have passed since gold dealer, Ricardo Fagundes was riddled with bullets just after he exited the Palm Court Bar on Main Street, Georgetown and while his family continues to press for justice, a police source disclosed that one of the main challenges faced in the case is the lack of eyewitness accounts.

Owing to the number of COVID-19 cases detected in the school system, the Bishops’ High School has opted to close its doors to physical engagement. 

A taxi-driver has been sentenced to six years in jail after he admitted to committing a series of armed robberies.

A 6-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour months ago is in need of life-saving surgery and his family along with non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is seeking help in raising the funds to have the procedure done overseas.

In the issue of  Stabroek News of October 11, 2021, in an article entitled `Guyanese woman faces expensive court battles after bid to end abusive relationship in Mauritius’, a number of allegations about Mr.

An Albouystown resident was on Friday fined $20,000 after he admitted to a noise nuisance charge.

An unvaccinated Region 10 man, 46, is the latest COVID-19 fatality and a record-breaking amount of new cases – 1016 were recorded yesterday.

A 25-year-old bus driver of Anna Regina, Region Two was arrested yesterday and is currently in custody at the Anna Regina police station.

The Ministry of Health today said that 1016 new COVID-19 cases have been reported over the last 24 hours.

The PNCR yesterday threw down the gauntlet to its partners in APNU+AFC, insisting that its new Head Aubrey Norton should become the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament but there was immediate resistance to this call which threatens an embarrassing public showdown that can also drag in former President David Granger.

Two months after government announced that a contractor has been selected for the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge, negotiations are still ongoing, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said yesterday.

Inspectors attached to the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) were yesterday assaulted while attempting to seize substandard electrical fittings from a West Coast Demerara hardware store.

Two unvaccinated persons are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed yesterday by the Ministry of Health in a press release which noted that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus increased to 1,066.