Guyana News

Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday presented to the Speaker of the National Assembly his report on the public accounts for the fiscal year ended December 2020.

Ursula Dainty-Corbin, Queenstown’s oldest female resident, passed away on Sunday at her home in Region Two.

A suspect has been charged with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the Kaneville miner who was found dead almost two weeks ago.

A man who is accused of stealing over $1.25 million in camera accessories and a printer was denied bail on Monday after a City Magistrate heard that he has a similar charge pending.

A vendor was yesterday released on $300,000 bail after being charged with pretending to be in a position to sell a plot of land at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, to a real estate agent.

The Ministry of Education is aware of the challenges facing students in hinterland communities, including limited access to virtual learning, and is relying on the COVID-19 vaccination rollout to get them back in schools, according to Deputy Chief Education Officer (Amerindian and Hinterland Education Development) Marti De Souza.

According to President Irfaan Ali it is imperative that the international community not be distracted from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  of Agenda 2030 even as it copes with the COVID-19 recovery.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips, who is performing the functions of President, yesterday morning administered the oath of office to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, to perform the functions of Prime Minister.

Commercial activities have re-commenced in the Onderneeming community in Region Two after two days of protest.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) yesterday said that with immediate effect passengers travelling to the north west district on the state ferry must be vaccinated or show a negative PCR test.

Eight more persons with COVID-19 have been confirmed dead by the Ministry of Health.

A Vreed-en-Hoop boat builder was fatally stabbed on Saturday night and his brother is hospitalised after they were stabbed by a man who was denied permission to use a passageway at the Vreed-en-Hoop dockyard, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the union GAWU yesterday reached a deal on compensation for striking Albion Estate harvesters whose daily output has been affected by flood damage to canes.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday announced that his Ministry will be spending $100m to rehabilitate the Onderneeming Road in Region Two.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of September 18, 2021, twelve more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A twenty-six-year-old Mabaruma resident died on Saturday and two others are critical after the vehicle they were traveling in toppled in the vicinity of Tiger Hill, North West District.

A speeding Georgetown/Timehri route minibus is alleged to have been the cause of a five-vehicle accident last night at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

Italian yacht manufacturing company Azimut is now open for business here.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday requested proposals for the design and supervision of the construction of a new headquarters building at Plantation Pattensen, Greater Georgetown.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is to conduct a lottery of medium scale mining blocks.