Guyana News

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today launched its REset Expectations campaign for 2022 and is to conduct a special sale on all destinations, carded for January 15.

As the battle for the position of Opposition Leader gathers momentum, a motion of no confidence by APNU MPs against Joseph Harmon could be in the works to clear a pathway for PNCR Head Aubrey Norton.

Shadow Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Jermaine Figueira yesterday accused the government of encouraging the spread of the COVID-19 virus by ignoring flagrant breaches of health protocols at Saturday night’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Futsal final at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall  “It is time to stop this nonsensical and very dangerous approach which is costing lives.

Declaring that it won’t be silenced, civil society group Article 13 yesterday registered strong disappointment over the government “rushing” the Natural Resource  Fund (NRF) bill through Parliament and it also asserted that President Irfaan Ali has to be held accountable for the growing number of “constitutional violations of omissions and commission”.

The GTU yesterday urged teachers to observe an “Isolation Day” today from face-to-face teaching in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases despite a warning from the Minister of Labour that they would be docked a day’s pay.

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) is advising that persons who wish to apply for scholarships offered in 2022, should begin preparing their documents for their applications.

A contractor is currently facing the ire of the Minister of Public Works for failing to complete a project on time.

As with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), and despite assurances, the Irfaan Ali-led Government is yet to reconstitute another important constitutional body—the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Aggrieved like his co-convict Bibi Sharima-Gopaul who was convicted and sentenced for the murder of her daughter; Jarvis Small has also lodged an appeal with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in which he contends he should never have been tried with the woman.

Thirty-year-old Joshua Samuels Gill of Bonasika Creek, lower Essequibo River, Region Three has two wishes and that is for persons to help him rebuild his home and for him to acquire a boat and engine.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 8th three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The PPP/C government’s version of the Natural Resource Fund Act is no different from the earlier one by the APNU+AFC coalition in relation to the concentration of powers.

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte has accused the Ministry of Education of breaching both the gazetted COVID-19 guidelines as well as the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) social distancing advice.

Citing his assertions of impartiality and lack of bias, APNU+AFC  Member of Parliament David Patterson has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly reminding him that they are yet to receive word on the fate of the October 27, 2021 motion relating to the proposed gas-to-shore project.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it has already written the Ministry of Public Service seeking an engagement to commence discussions for 2022 salary increases.

It was representation from the accounting and legal communities that resulted in significant changes in the local content law and Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that crafting legislation for the new oil sector will take time to perfect. 

Almost eight months after Ronald Wong was chopped to death near his Three Friends Mines, Coomacka, Region Ten, home, his neighbour has been charged with his killing.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has written to its members urging them to take an ‘isolation day’ from tomorrow in light of the current spike in COVID-19 numbers among teachers and students.

Nine months have passed since gold dealer, Ricardo Fagundes was riddled with bullets just after he exited the Palm Court Bar on Main Street, Georgetown and while his family continues to press for justice, a police source disclosed that one of the main challenges faced in the case is the lack of eyewitness accounts.

Owing to the number of COVID-19 cases detected in the school system, the Bishops’ High School has opted to close its doors to physical engagement.