Guyana News

One more COVID-19 death was yesterday recorded even as 157 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported.

The barbecue hut outside of the St. Pius X Church on Cemetery Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, which has been marked for demolition is still in place with the Mayor and City Engineer at odds over the issue. 

Hours before an uproar gripped the National Assembly over the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill, protesters outside of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) had been vocal in their calls for its scrapping.

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir, this morning, said that last night’s attack on the ceremonial Mace cannot go unpunished and that he would be guided by the Standing Orders when exercising discipline against the errant MPs.

-ignores civil society concerns Ignoring mounting calls from civil society and an in-House protest from the Opposition to send the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill to a Special Select Committee for debate and consultations, the PPP/C last night blazed ahead with the passage of the controversial legislation.

After seven hours of vigorous debate, the landmark Local Content Bill to ensure that businesses and workers here benefit from the burgeoning oil and gas sector was passed in the National Assembly last evening.

In what can only be described as an unprecedented move to derail the Parliamentary process, opposition APNU+AFC MPs attempted to seize  the Speaker’s Mace last night as part of their effort to stop the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill.

The New Building Society Limited (NBS)  yesterday announced a further cut in its interest rate for mortgages between $6m and $15m.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association yesterday upbraided the government over deficient consultations on the local content bill which was passed yesterday and insisted that 100% of legal services should be provided by attorneys here and not 90%.

The grotesque defiling of Parliament yesterday by APNU MPs which included the seizing of the Speaker’s Mace must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.

Residents of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara yesterday complained of flood woes after persistent rain and were ruing their losses and the task of cleaning up.

In a bid to double brackish water shrimp production, the government has already constructed 63 of 74 aquaculture ponds.

A 56-year-old woman is in fear for her life as her son who has threatened her life on multiple occasions, has  escaped from the psychiatric ward where he had been sent.

One new COVID-19 death was reported yesterday, increasing the country’s fatalities to 1,051.

After attempting to seize the ceremonial Mace in its failed bid to derail the passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill No.

Guyana’s top court, the CCJ yesterday explained how the GGMC had breached the law in 2013 in awarding a road contract to Chunilall Baboolall.

The completion of the Eccles to Mandela Avenue alternative road link has been further delayed due to ongoing inclement weather.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of computers and accessories to the Ministry of Health along with the provision of air transport services to indigenous communities in various regions.

The Minister of Health yesterday  urged persons not to be complacent as it relates to the spread of the novel coronavirus in Guyana.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, on Tuesday stated that Guyana’s recovery rate from the novel coronavirus is 95%, or 37,366 of the total number of 39,151 persons who tested positive for the virus.