Guyana News

Unusual amounts of rainfall over the past 36 hours have left some 5,900 households impacted and several communities across Guyana flooded, Prime Minister Mark Phillips reported subsequent to a meeting with the Cabinet Ministerial Task Force on flooding.

“If our fight for basic human rights is seen as politics how should development happen?”

The doctors at the Leonora Hospital on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), are frustrated, exhausted, and unhappy about their burdensome work schedule and are calling for the Minister of Health’s intervention.

Two families in Essequibo had more pain added to their grief following a mix-up by a funeral home that resulted in one family cremating the relative of the other last Saturday.

A North West District miner was killed on Saturday night after being involved in a scuffle over money owed to an employee.

The Health Ministry yesterday reported three more COVID-19 deaths with 62 new cases.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), acting on intelligence, recently made a major drug bust valuing $25Million on the Corentyne.

A 19-year-old Region Nine teen has been arrested by police on allegations of rape committed on an intoxicated 16-year-old.

Three Indian companies are vying to construct the much anticipated Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway, which is being funded by a line of credit from the Indian Exim Bank.

In an effort to have a pool of local auditors to assist in auditing post-contract costs and the continuous auditing of oil & gas expenses, government has met with the Institute of Chartered Accountants to work out a mechanism to acquire the requisite skillsets needed.

Small-business owners were given the opportunity to promote their services on Saturday at a farmers’ market at the Everest cricket ground hosted by Dat Yoga Shop.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and opposition member Lenox Shuman has joined  the call for government to remove the taxes from the 7% increase given to public servants saying it the country could afford it and the monies would especially help to ease the burden on them this holiday season.

Residents in Region Two particularly in villages such as Richmond, Charity, and Queenstown are currently battling floodwaters.

Approximately 2,740 severed Berbice sugar workers were yesterday given a one off cash grant to the total tune of $685 million based on a promise made by the current government while in opposition after the closure of the sugar estates by the APNU+AFC.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of December 11, 2021, three more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Government yesterday began the payout of promised $250,000 one-off grants to close to 2,500 sugar workers who were laid off when the former APNU+AFC administration closed the Enmore and Wales estates.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday activated a Cabinet-level Task Force to coordinate the response to the current rainy season and potential flood impacts across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) announced last night.

Years of domestic abuse ended in tragedy on Friday night when a 48-year-old woman was murdered in her Martyr’s Ville New Scheme, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home by her husband, who then took his own life.

The long in the works local content bill and key amendments for the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Act are due to be tabled this week when the National Assembly reconvenes, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded Linden to Mabura Hill road construction and upgrading project has attracted billion-dollar bids from Chinese and Brazilian companies.