Guyana News

Former Chief Magistrate (ag) K Juman-Yassin (SC) has condemned Friday’s attempt by the police to arrest former Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Slowe who had turned up at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to several charges.

A Kitty beverage vendor died yesterday morning after being involved in an accident on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown in the vicinity of the Carnegie School of Home Economics.

On October 26, 2021, at 2:00 pm (EST), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hold a landmark virtual hearing on The Impact of Extractive Industries on Human Rights and Climate Change in the Caribbean and two civil society activists from Guyana will participate.

On the heels of announcing a US$4.9 million gas station here with a local partner, Trinidad and Tobago owned Unipet says that future plans would see an opportunity for local manufacturers to supply their products for their operations across the region.

Anthony Jones who in August admitted stabbing Nyron Vyphuis in the heart after the young man intervened to bring peace between Jones and Jones’ wife has appealed the life sentence he was handed.

Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has written the head of the body adjudicating appeals against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decisions stressing the need for fair and prejudice-free hearings of matters pertaining to the new proposed bridge over the Demerara River and an ExxonMobil oil exploration programme.

On Friday, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony was joined by President Irfaan Ali, the British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller and Representative of the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) in Guyana, Dr Luis Felipe Codina at the re-commissioning of the Lethem Regional Hospital in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was on  October 11, 2021, signed by the Guyana Police Force with Cacique Accounting College for training of police ranks in accountancy.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has withdrawn an application for an injunction it had sought against deductions being made by the Ministry of Health to the salary of Linden nurses who were part of strike actions earlier this year.

With the rising numbers of COVID-19 deaths and infections, the opposition APNU+AFC coalition on Thursday reiterated its call for the Government to set up a multi-stakeholder approach to tackle the health crisis, saying that it stands ready to assist.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) on Tuesday distributed 100 storage cabinets to farmers across the country.

A beverage vendor was on Wednesday freed of a charge after the virtual complainant told the court that the man was innocent.

Police in Region One are investigating the death of a 54-year-old male of East Indian ancestry which reportedly occurred at White Creek Backdam, North West District on October 15th, 2021.

Police in Regional Division #5 are investigating a fatal incident which occurred at about 10.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred just after midnight today on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown in the vicinity of Carnegie School of Home Economics.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 10.30 pm last night  at the Liliendaal Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, in the vicinity of the Liliendaal Bridge.

While a large oil spill is seen as being an unlikely outcome of the ExxonMobil-led Yellowtail Development Project, an environmental study has recommended that the company be required to commit to regular response drills, simulations and exercises as part of needed preparations in the event of a worst case scenario.

Guyana has received positive responses from the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) coalition on its proposal to retail its carbon credits to the world, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

An 81-year-old woman is now dead after a fire, suspected to have started by an unattended candle, gutted her Bartica, Region Seven house on Friday night.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Friday renew its call for an engagement with President Irfaan Ali on a range of issues, including the mandatory vaccination policy for teachers and outstanding financial matters.