Guyana News

The Judiciary has announced the temporary closure of the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court and its office as of Wednesday January 5th until Monday January 10th to effect sanitization “as a precautionary measure given exposure to the Covid-19 virus.”

A new Board of Directors has been appointed for the George-town Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), for the period January 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2022.

Close to 1,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported yesterday as health authorities have warned about a continuous rise in cases as the country is in its suspected Omicron surge.

A vagrant who was chopped on Tuesday at the Leonora Market, West Coast Demerara, succumbed to his injuries while being treated at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 5th, 2022, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform,  Aubrey Norton has appointed  Geeta Chandan-Edmond to serve as General Secretary of the PNCR with effect from the 3rd January 2022.

A mother and her daughter died tragically yesterday at Bonasika Creek when their house collapsed as they were feeding their puppies.

As the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases continues, Health Minister, Dr.

With 1264 COVID cases in the last 48 hours and 200 medical staff infected, Guyana is believed to be in the grip of the Omicron surge but President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged the public not to panic but to take the necessary precautions.

A New Amsterdam pensioner  died in a fire yesterday after apparently leaving his gas stove on.

Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday announced that city council workers will receive increases in their wages and salaries both for last year and the new year.

President Irfaan Ali says that schools will not be shut even though the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has called for a closure due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the schools.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has said that it welcomes the suggestion by civil society body, the Electoral Reform Group (ERG), that there is great need for reforms and restructuring at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

The Regional Tender Board of Region Six (East Berbice–Corentyne) breached several sections of the Procurement Act of 2003 when it awarded $615.34 million in contracts in the absence of public tendering, according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma.

As the Georgetown City Council awaits ministerial approval of new fines to tackle littering, Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday renewed a call for support from central government to develop the capital.

While the National Assembly and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) will be identifying one candidate each for the board of the Natural Resource Fund, President Irfaan Ali will select one and possibly three in his own deliberate judgement, possibly giving him total control over this all-important oversight body.

The opposition APNU+AFC coalition says it is actively considering mounting a legal challenge to government’s “purported” passage of the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill.

A jury was yesterday empanelled for the commencement of the trial of four men who were charged for the 2016 Black Bush triple murder which sent shockwaves throughout the country.

A 31-year-old security guard was critically injured on Tuesday afternoon after she was  attacked by her partner during an argument at their Linden home.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for  consultancy services for the construction of a number of buildings at various high schools.