Guyana News

Two fully vaccinated men are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus increased to 1,058.

Tenders were on Thursday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for a number of projects under the Central Housing and Planning Authority.

More than 16 months after the PPP/C took Office and following repeated assurances of its Government’s commitment in ensuring the reappointment of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), there is yet to be any progress.

Following a break after the appointment of Vishnu Persaud as Chief Election Officer (CEO), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will recommence the process of filling critical vacancies from next week, according to Commissioners Sase Gunraj and Vincent Alexander.

A man who gave the police his brother’s name when he was arrested for having over five pounds of cannabis has been sentenced over the possession charge. 

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has received a donation of COVID-19 personal protective equipment for distribution to schools across the country.

The Ministry of Health today said that two fully vaccinated men have died from COVID.

The Ministry of Health today said that Guyana has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases within a 24-hour period.

Police are investigating a suspected murder/suicide following the discovery of the bodies of a Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara couple in their home earlier this morning.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira yesterday berated government Chief Whip and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira over the delay in agreeing on the five candidates for the new Public Procurement Commission (PPC) Figueira and Teixeira comprise the PAC subcommittee which has been deliberating for the last six months on the names which will require two-thirds  support in Parliament.

The case file on the more than three-month-old fatal shooting of Dartmouth businessman, Orin Boston by a rank of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit is currently at the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched a probe into the landing of a chopper in a residential area.

Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of Deon Charles, who was shot on Christmas Eve night in Albouystown. 

Granted approval by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to appeal her conviction and sentence for the murder of her 16-year-old daughter, Bibi Sharima-Gopaul recently lodged with the Court, the grounds on which she intends to mount her challenge.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that an unvaccinated Region 10 woman, 69,  died from COVID-19  on January 1st.

Hundreds of students yesterday returned to school for face-to-face classes including those from Grades 8 and 9 who had been home for months because of COVID-19 restrictions.

With wage talks between the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and the management of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stalled, the union has written to the Chief Labour Officer, Dhaneshwar Deonarine requesting they move to the stage of conciliation.

Contrary to a Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) notice informing of dismantling activities in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, Canadian oil company CGX Energy on Thursday said drilling activities are continuing at the Kawa-1 Well.

The owner of the V-Tech cellphone repairs store at Anna Regina, Region Two and his wife narrowly escaped serious injuries two Sundays ago when their vehicle slammed into a utility post while swerving from a donkey.

The body of an unidentified man was last night discovered on the Kitty Seawall, Georgetown in the vicinity of the Kitty pump station.