Guyana News

Aubrey Norton won Saturday’s contest for the PNCR Leadership by a landslide and several members of his slate snapped up key positions over more seasoned competitors in what will be interpreted as a rejection of the policies of outgoing leader David Granger whose close confidante, Joseph Harmon was also in the race but trailed far behind.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday slammed banks here as being hopeless in customer care and called on them to fix the “unnecessary burden on people”.

An operation by officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Saturday led to the confiscation of 38.3lbs of cocaine and the arrest of a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man.

Family members of the late Kavita Dyaram, 29, suspect foul play in her death and want a second post-mortem to be conducted as they do not have confidence in the results of the first one done which reportedly listed the cause of death as cardiac arrest.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 18, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) latest shutdown in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) on Saturday saw the loss of approximately 40 megawatts of power and some consumers were without electricity for one hour and 45 minutes.

The body of Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Ordinary Rating, Junior Kenroy Sooklall, who went missing after a boat mishap, was found yesterday at the mouth of the Essequibo River.

The European Union (EU) believes that Guyana’s balancing of oil extraction  while preserving the environment will be a difficult task but it can be done, and this is why citizens and civil society need to be vigilant and persistently remind policymakers and leaders of the importance of finding that balance.

Two weeks ahead of yet another deadline, the latest instalment of works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have entered  the “testing phase,” Ministry of Public Works Project Engineer,  Carissa Gooding disclosed during a tour of the facility on Friday.

The Alliance For Change  (AFC) yesterday congratulated the newly elected Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)  Aubrey Norton and members of the new Executive on being elevated to their high positions of office and authority.

The Kremlin is convinced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will recognise Russia’s flagship Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine within a few months, the Interfax news agency cited Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov as saying yesterday.

The Ministry of Education yesterday rejected as “inaccurate and mischievous” a statement attributed to APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan where he alleged that ministry official Fazal Ali was replaced by Darshini Balac for political reasons.

Aubrey Norton will be the new Leader of the PNCR having secured 967 votes compared to 245 for Joseph Harmon and 64 for Richard Van West-Charles The party’s Chief Elections Officer Vincent Alexander this afternoon announced the results with Shurwayne Holder  beating out more fancied opponent for the pivotal post of Chairman of the party.

With preliminary results showing a landslide victory for the PNCR’s Aubrey Norton as Leader of the Party, the other two contenders Joseph Harmon and Dr Richard Van West-Charles have conceded and extended congratulations to him.

While making it clear that he was not calling the elections, Aubrey Norton last night said that by all indications he was well positioned to win the seat of Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR).

In his last address as People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, David Ganger yesterday called for unity within the party, which he said has had a long history of revolt by persons who chose to put themselves above its interests.

An alliance of Caribbean organisations have objected to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Exxon-led Yellowtail project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, saying that that regional states that could potentially be affected were excluded from the process. 

Six persons lost their lives after a three-vehicle smash-up along the Ross Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

A soldier is now missing and feared drowned following a boat mishap in the Essequibo River on Friday.

With residents of the Lower and Upper Pomeroon, in Region Two, severely affected by flooding over the past 10 days, many families are leaving their homes for higher ground.