Guyana News

A labourer and a fisherman were on Wednesday denied bail after being charged with stealing jewellery amounting to $351,000.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who allegedly beat and robbed two sisters at their La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home on Tuesday night.

A Liverpool, Corentyne man is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly chopped by a neighbour, who accused his wife of filing a noise nuisance report against him.

A Corentyne man was arrested during the wee hours of yesterday morning after police found him with two goats, suspected to have been stolen, in his trunk.

As more persons were recently charged with forging COVID-19 vaccine cards, the Minister of Health on Wednesday stated that if the authorities get the names of persons who purchased them, they would be charged.

The US government continues to look forward for anti-corruption initiatives from the Guyana Government, Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch said in observance of international anti-corruption day today.

Guyana today signed an open skies Air Services Agreement with Colombia to promote and facilitate airlines to operate air services between the two countries, as well as other countries, according to a release from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

A class action lawsuit has seen Justice Navindra Singh ruling that the City is prohibited from imposing a fee or charge for the issuance of a certificate enabling the transfer of a property under the Deeds Registry Act.

The Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall yesterday declared his support for Joseph Harmon for PNCR Leader in the party’s upcoming elections which are expected to be keenly contested.

Following a lengthy, heated debate, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decided to simultaneously scrutinise the Auditor General’s reports of 2017 and 2018.

The process of hiring a Chief Election Officer (CEO) may finally come to an end on Friday when the Commission meets to finalise the appointment of either Jamaican Leslie Harrow or Vishnu Persaud to the post.

Last week’s move to commission the Anna Regina Multilateral School (ARMS) as one of the newest sixth form institutions in the country and its subsequent description as the first in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) is not sitting well with one of the school’s former Deputy Headmasters.

Construction on the new building for St. Rose’s High School on Church Street is moving apace and is currently ahead of schedule.

Guyana’s latest resort, located on Fort Island in the Essequibo River, owned and managed by two Guyanese brothers, Keith Eytle and Gordon Eytle, is expected to open by the first week in January.

An unvaccinated woman from Region Ten was yesterday added to the country’s COVID-19 death toll.

The 16 teams that will compete in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Guyana National Women’s Football Association (GNWFA) Women’s Super-16 Festival has been selected, following the official completion of the tournament fixtures.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the reconstruction of the Ogle Fire Station which is estimated to cost $85.6 million.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday expressed “profound disappointment” at a charge by Deputy Speaker of the House, Lenox Shuman that the government has not consulted with the Indigenous Peoples on key issues In a statement, Phillips referred to a letter in Monday’s edition of Stabroek News authored by Shuman and entitled ` I call on the gov’t to rescind the South Rupununi mining agreement and return to the table’.

Fifty-nine employees were recently honoured for their long service at the University of Guyana (UG).

A decision is expected to be made next week on a trial date for the seven persons accused of conspiring to change the results of the 2020 elections.