Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told contractors working on government projects that they have to expand their human resource capacity and machinery to properly meet their contractual obligations.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Jermaine Figueira says the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) should provide answers on the award of the Bamia school  contract to St8ment Investment Inc, a company with no construction experience.

The Ministry of Housing and Water, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday handed out 350 house lots at Lethem in Region Nine.

With COVID-19 booster doses being rolled out this week, the Minister of Health has announced that persons fully inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine can receive the one-shot Johnson & Johnson (J&J) as a booster.

Prime Minister (PM) Mark Phillips yesterday received 1000 internet boxes (LTE/Wifi CPE) from several representatives of Chinese multinational technology corporation, Huawei.

Convicted Guyanese businessman Ghalee Khan was recently sentenced to just over nine years in prison by New York court Judge, Sterling Johnson Jr for drug trafficking and jumping bail.

Having already found ten billion barrels of oil equivalent in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil is seeking an extra year before having to relinquish parts of the concession as it says that the COVID pandemic has severely hampered its work.

A 19-year-old motorcyclist died on Sunday night after he allegedly collided with a hire car on the Tabatinga Bridge, Central Rupununi, Region Nine.

A truck driver was yesterday charged with causing the deaths of Lloyd Valcin and Onica Valcin on Thursday last in an accident along the East Bank Highway.

The attorney representing the family of Orin Boston, the Dartmouth businessman who was fatally shot by a policeman in his home more than two months ago, is giving the authorities up to this month-end to disclose the findings of the probe or he will proceed with private criminal charges.

A 51-year-old pedestrian died at a city hospital on Sunday, one day after he was stuck down by a motor car along the Fairfield, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road.

Aviator Malcolm Chan-a-Sue passed away yesterday at the age of 82 and has been hailed for his contributions to the industry.

A 28-year-old man was electrocuted on Sunday afternoon while assisting a pensioner who was involved in an accident along the Zeelugt Public Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).

One new COVID-19 death was yesterday reported along with 31 new cases of the virus.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) on Friday laid the keel for an ocean-going ferry to the north west which is being funded by India.

The University of Guyana (UG) in collaboration with UNICEF and the Judiciary, on Monday launched the course—Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Violence—which is aimed at being a practitioners’ guide for members of the legal profession in Guyana and the event heard how the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the problem.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has come out swinging at civil society group, Article 13, for what it says is a misinformed, emotional and nonfactual call for the immediate ban on the exportation of logs.

Improved water systems were on November 20th commissioned in Potarinau and Katoonarib in Region Nine.

While the cause of the fire which gutted a section of the Police Headquarters building at Eve Leary on Saturday is yet to be determined, efforts were being made up to yesterday to resume operations at the nearby Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the soonest.

Kurt Beaton, 62,  a contractor of Lot 1 Reliance Village, Region Two was  today charged with the murder of Indira Lall, 52, of Affiance in the same region.