Guyana News

Almost a year since he announced that an arbitration bill would have been tabled in the National Assembly before the end of 2021, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC acknowledges that this has not materialized, and now says that this should be done by August of this year.

The Alliance For Change yesterday extended sympathy to the family of the late Yesu Persaud and described him as a National Hero.

The opposition APNU+AFC yesterday hailed the late businessman, Yesu Persaud as an icon in business and philanthropy “Dr Persaud was a businessman who always distinguished himself with his successful business ventures and highly impactful civic and philanthropic works; he was celebrated for his outstanding contributions to business and philanthropy, in Guyana and abroad”, a statement from the grouping said.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has hailed the late Dr Yesu Persaud for his raising of US$1m to fund a Clinical Education Centre at the institution.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) says the late Dr Yesu Persaud “truly led a life worthy of emulation, one that will inspire many for generations to come”.

A fire just before midnight on Sunday gutted two bonds controlled by Laparkan Shipping in the Guyana National Industrial Company compound on Lombard Street leaving millions of dollars of losses in cargo and infrastructural damage.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said that it is deeply saddened and shaken at the passing of its Founding Chairman, Dr.

Pioneering businessman Yesu Persaud has passed away, according to President Irfaan Ali.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has added his voice to the barrage of criticism that has greeted the Natural Resource Fund Act which was rushed through the National Assembly on December 29 by the government without any prior consultation.

CPSO, the regional business body which has raised reservations about the local content law here has never reached out to Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) or affiliate bodies here and the business community here is questioning its ties with CARICOM “They have never visited Guyana to meet with the Private Sector Commission or approached for local representation.

Wärtsilä engineers arrived here on Saturday and have begun diagnostic testing on malfunctioning generator sets at GPL’s Garden of Eden plant and load shedding will continue until the problem is resolved, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said. 

Self-exiled Guyanese politician Balram Singh Rai, who was one the last major surviving figures of the pre-independence period and later famously clashed with the Jagans, passed away in the United Kingdom last week at the age of 100.

A Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne family is seeking answers about the death of  a four-month-old baby girl at the Skeldon Hospital on Friday last and the region  says that an investigation is ongoing.

Civil society group Article 13 yesterday expressed concern over sustained online attacks on one of its prominent members, Yog Mahadeo.

Well-known educator Arthur Chandra passed away on Friday at the age of 61.

The police are continuing their probe into the suspected act of arson which destroyed the echocardiography (ECG) laboratory at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on New Year’s Day.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that there were nine more COVID-19 deaths as of January 15th and five of these persons were fully vaccinated.

The Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) has given its full public support to the Local Content Act.

A fire yesterday destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete house in Maida Village, Corentyne, leaving a family counting millions of dollars in losses and contemplating their next move.

Sasenarine Singh, the Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo has sued Kaieteur News for alleged libel contained in three letters published by the newspaper.