Guyana News

A governance and democracy report done for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says the most promising entry point for programming in Guyana  may be to encourage dialogue around a new national development strategy.

Two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded yesterday. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 1,196.

The placement of vendors and stalls at the Merriman Mall was a point of contention yesterday for City Mayor Ubraj Narine and some city councillors.

One of the two young men accused of the 2017 killing of school-boy, Brian Charles Yearwood, was yesterday freed of the charge after a no-case submission was upheld in his favour; while the other will know his fate on Thursday after facing the jury.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has cautioned the government against getting involved in the direct marketing of crude oil, saying it does not have the expertise, administrative infrastructure nor logistics to successfully undertake such an initiative.

Motorists traversing on the East and West Banks of Demerara were faced with traffic disruption yesterday afternoon heading into last night after a truck broke down on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB).

One month after announcing that samples were to be sent for genomic sequencing to ascertain whether the Omicron variant was present in Guyana, Health Minister, Dr.

Kavin Singh, the prisoner who was recently recaptured after he escaped from the Lusignan prison was yesterday sentenced to 24 months in jail.

Caribbean Airlines’ 737-8 aircraft, 9Y-GUY, made its debut in Guyana today, when it operated as BW 526 from Trinidad with onward service to New York.

Former Prison Warder, Sheldon Prince today pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death on December 28, 2016, at the National Psychiatric Hospital.

Police in Regional Division #1 are currently searching for a man who has gone into hiding after allegedly killing forty-three-year-old Venezuelan national Rafael Antonio Aquino Soto between the 10th and 11th of February, 2022, at Return, Baramita,  North West District.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess yesterday welcomed 56 new recruits following their successful completion of the Basic Recruit Course (BRC) 2021-03.

An August 2021 report done for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pointed to the challenges in framing a common vision for the country’s future and says the major parties need to devise a way to form a functioning democracy “based on power-sharing rather than a `winner takes all’ mentality”.

As the private sector begins compilation of a list of possible nominees for the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board, the Opposition says that it will not participate in any parliamentary selection process because it is adamant that the Bill for it was not legally passed, APNU+AFC Chief Whip Christopher Jones says.

Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Newell Dennison has said that while he is not sure of the status of the Amerindian Purpose Fund (APF), he can confirm that the Commission has made no deposits for the years 2020 and 2021.

ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary EEPGL is preparing for the drilling of some 12 wells in the offshore Canje Block and may be able to forge ahead as Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that the project does not require an Environmental Impact Assessment.

The Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Thursday approved $863.6 million to further the government’s medical assistance programme.

Eleven moderate-income families on Saturday received the keys to their newly constructed units in Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme, Greater Georgetown, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

In 2021, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a total of 5,488 calls and delivered 15 babies.

Aden Persaud, the six-year-old boy who was in need of surgery after being diagnosed with a rare brain tumour months ago, has secured his medical visa and was accepted for treatment at a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.