Guyana News

Three Berbice residents were killed in separate bee attacks on Thursday and yesterday.

Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs Sharon Hicks was on Thursday afternoon arrested by police after she was allegedly caught in a sting operation accepting a bribe from a contractor, who provides security services to the ministry.

Guyana on Friday received 100,620 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that are intended for inoculation of pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Following the move by former Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington to garnish sums in a bid to recover the almost $40 million in damages he has won in judgments against the Kaieteur News (KN), the newspaper company is appealing for time to pay.

The Environmental Assessment Board on Thurs-day heard objections to the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to not require an environmental impact assessment for the proposed Vista Trading and Logistics Guyana cement facility at Le Ressouvenir, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Owing largely to higher output from petroleum, the mining and quarrying industries are estimated to have grown by 23.1 % in the first half of 2021, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) yesterday received tools and equipment worth $11 million to improve the rehabilitation of inmates, while lowering the current recidivism rate.

Over 15 families living in close proximity to Unu Creek, Cullen, in Region Two, had to move their possessions to higher ground on Friday afternoon after seawater gushed into their lower flats due to a breach in the sea dam which resulted in severe flooding. 

Four more COVID-19 deaths were confirmed on Friday. The Ministry of Health in a press release stated that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus, increased to 825 with the new fatalities.

Two persons were arrested on Friday after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) intercepted a truck with quantities of cocaine and cannabis hidden among cargo aboard at Providence, East Coast Demerara.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday said that the case file on the killing of Dartmouth businessman Orin Boston, who was shot dead by a policeman at his home three weeks ago, is still with the Police Complaints Authority (PCA).

The management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is currently engaging the supplier of a recently commissioned security scanner to conduct remedial work as the machine has encountered issues, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday said.

A pardoned fraud convict was on Friday released on a total of $3 million bail after she was faced with new charges of fraud and forgery.

A Kitty youth was on Friday freed of one of three robbery charges he was faced with after one of his accusers told a city court that she wishes to discontinue the matter.

A fish vendor who is accused of stealing rings during an altercation was released on $80,000 bail after he denied the charge. 

Reconstruction of the Brickdam Police Station is being discussed at Cabinet and while a cost has not yet been determined, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has indicated that it could possibly run into billions of dollars.

A young motorcyclist is now an amputee after his right leg was crushed in an accident at Sophia, Greater Georgetown on Thursday.

A Chinese national is suspected to have drowned after he went to swim at the Trail Boss Landing, Essequibo, and reportedly went under water and never resurfaced.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has launched an investigation into the suspected arson of a car.

The government will soon be allocating house lots to some 37 low-income families in Balthyock Housing Scheme, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), through the Ministry of Housing and Water’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).