Guyana News

Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday morning destroyed over $100 million in illicit drugs, including cocaine and marijuana that had been seized over the past two years.

Government has revoked the order to compulsorily acquire lands at locations on the East and West Bank of Demerara that the APNU+AFC had proposed to have the new Demerara Harbour Bridge built since that project has been shifted to another location and the lands are no longer needed, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

Some 1,800 girls in Region Nine are due to benefit from a year’s supply of sanitary napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Initiative, which was launched in the region on Friday by First Lady Arya Ali as part of an historic programme to end period poverty in Guyana.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), recently conducted a number of inspections of quarries in the Mazaruni and Essequibo areas and found that most of the operations were at an acceptable level of compliance with their permits and management plans.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has announced that it will begin enforcing measures to prevent persons from using the roadways in government housing schemes to store construction materials.

The Government of Guyana is seeking three international consultants to review and assess studies for the Payara Development Project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.

Commander of Region Two Denise Griffith has reiterated calls for cooperation from residents of Dartmouth, in Region Two, after the main roadway was once again blocked late Friday afternoon when protesting resumed over the killing of businessman Orin Boston.

Police are still awaiting advice on the fatal stabbing of Roy Boston, who was killed last month after an argument at a shop in Swan Village, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who allegedly robbed two women at gunpoint of their belongings on Austin Street, Campbellville on Friday night.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is advising that all those, including pensioners, who wish to visit its offices must either pre-sent a vaccination card or make an appointment. 

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced the appointment of Sheree Deslandes to the role of Director of Corporate Services.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today that as of September 17, 2021, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A 26-year-old motorcyclist is now dead and a teen girl is hospitalised following an accident on Friday night along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road, where they were being pursued by the police.

The High Court yesterday denied the granting of an interim injunction sought by unions against measures restricting access to public spaces by persons who have not been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

A couple died minutes apart on Thursday night at Hyde Park, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, where a woman succumbed after she accidentally fell into a septic tank and her husband met his end during a failed bid to rescue her.

According to spokesmen for two of Guyana’s major political parties, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) misused the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit in the recent operation that resulted in the killing of businessman Orin Boston during a raid of his home.

Following protests over the police killing of businessman Orin Boston, the Dartmouth bridge was cleared on Friday, allowing for the resumption of traffic to Charity and nearby communities for a few hours before protestors once again blocked the main road.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) moved closer to identifying a date for its overdue Biennial Congress after the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) approved recommendations that it be held no later than December 13, 2021.

Ganeshwar Sheocharran, the Corentyne hire car driver who allegedly set his wife on fire and then fled to the United States to escape justice, was remanded to prison on Fri-day after he was charged with attempted murder.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the deaths of three more persons, including a five-month-old baby from Moruca, who were infected with COVID-19.