Guyana News

While local government elections are due before the end of the year, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Vincent Alexander has said no preparations have been made, making it “virtually impossible” to proceed.  

Following reports of a number of severely malnourished indigenous migrants being discovered in Region One (Barima-Waini), the Office of the Prime Minister has stated that government is responding to their plight.

The government has delayed the start of the programme to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19 and Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday admitted that the special vaccine doses for the age category have not yet been procured.

The main opposition APNU+AFC has said public servants deserve better than the 7% across-the-board pay hike announced by the government.

Following the government’s failure to negotiate with the public service union on the announced 7% pay hike for public servants, civil society group Article 13 has joined in criticism of the Irfaan Ali-led administration for violating both local laws and international convention.

While the government is hoping that competition in the telecoms sector will see services expanded to unserved areas, it will also be rolling out its own countrywide evaluation soon to determine specific needs, Prime Minister Mark Phillips says.

As a Caribbean Examinations Council examiner for Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) biology, Dr Claire Durant recognised a disconnection between students and the subject—one which she is hoping to bridge with her new book.

Food for the Poor Guyana Inc is currently undertaking a farming project to empower residents in Baramita Village, in Region One.

A Nigerian national who admitted to obtaining over $6 million from a local woman through a scam was jailed on Friday.

Ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday found a pistol and several rounds of ammunition at a Bourda Street, Bourda, Georgetown home.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed the death of a Region Four man who tested positive for COVID-19.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday said Xavier Scott was inaccurately identified as a member of the unit in the report “CANU rank, soldier get bail on separate charges,” published in the November 20, 2021 edition of Stabroek News.

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn today again invoked his concern that the country was facing a “trial by fire” as a large section of a building in the Eve Leary Police complex was gutted by blaze just weeks after the main Brickdam station was  consumed in an inferno.

Firefighters are currently seeking to contain a fire at the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary.

Accusing the PPP/C government of being “autocratic” by imposing a 7% pay hike for public servants, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Friday urged President Irfaan Ali to direct the start of overdue negotiations between his administration and the union on increases of wages, salaries and allowances for 2020 and 2021.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday announced that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be made available from next Monday for persons 50 years and older and persons with comorbidities.

Suriname-based SEOS Sustainable Solutions, a sustainable energy solutions firm, has established a presence here with a US$1 million investment in partnership with Floor It Guyana.

Two foreign pilots, who claimed they were lost and in search of gold when they illegally landed at the Mahdia airstrip on Diwali evening, were on Friday sentenced to two years in jail and ordered to pay over $11 million in fines after they admitted to four charges.

Former Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson has been awarded $5 million in damages after winning a defamation suit he brought against writer Ruel Johnson over statements made about him in Facebook posts.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday held ‘engageMENt’, an event to observe International Men’s Day 2021.