Guyana News

Days after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, Seon Ceasar, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the gold miner who was fatally stabbed last month, was yesterday handed over to the police by his lawyer.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported five more COVID-19 fatalities along with some 108 new infections.

Guyana has so far received over 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility.

Having heard arguments in the appeal filed by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to the $20 million default judgment which had been imposed against him to pay former government minister Annette Ferguson, the Full Court has reserved its decision, which will be rendered at a date to be announced. 

Region Two cash crop and livestock farmers, who were affected by major flooding in May, on Friday received flood-relief grants from the Ministry of Agriculture.

Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan last week announced that three locations have been identified in the region for residents to lodge their claims and/or complaints in relation to the government’s flood relief grants.

With the new deadline for the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road project fast approaching, the Ministry of Public Works under whose aegis the project is being executed, is pushing for all major works to be completed by October 31.

The Ministry of Health on Monday opened the newly renovated Better Hope Health Centre on the East Coast of Demerara.

Strathspey, East Coast Demerara businessman, Ganesh Persaud, 21, died this afternoon after being fatally stabbed during a robbery.

An Air Services Limited porter died this afternoon after he was reported to have walked in front of the propeller of a plane that had landed at Kamarang, Region Seven.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 14, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament today decried the repeated absence of technical officers who have been summoned to appear before it and said this delinquency must be seen as an attempt to stymie the work of the body.

Nirvana Wimal of the Success Elementary School is the top performer at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, the Ministry of Education today announced.

Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) says it is seeking to put in place multiple lease agreements for residential apartments/townhouses.

Guyana has once again emerged as the top overall performer at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams as it recorded results higher than the regional average in 20 of the 33 subject areas offered by CXC.

Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday said a series of allegations raised against him by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC are false and baseless.

A Pepper Hill, Mahdia businesswoman was bludgeoned and strangled to death on Wednesday and her estranged reputed husband is in custody.

Several vehicles were involved in a pile-up just before midday yesterday at Foulis, West Coast Bebrice leaving a driver seriously hurt and others with minor injuries.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday said that he is “actively considering running” for the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR’s) leadership at its upcoming congress even as he confirmed that former general secretary of the party, Aubrey Norton, is no longer with his office as the Chief Executive Director.