Guyana News

On the one-year anniversary of the discovery of the mutilated bodies of West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Joel and Isaiah Henry, President Irfaan Ali said the government supports the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in its efforts to ensure that the perpetrators of the crime face the “fully penalty” of the law.

A man was shot while another escaped during a confrontation over a claimed counterfeit $5,000 bill outside of a Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) supermarket last night.

Several persons were injured after a minibus and pick-up collided last night at the junction of Croal Street and Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown.

An Upper Corentyne teenager is now hospitalised with a chop wound after a row over a pig between his father and another man ended in an armed conflict on Sunday.

Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) inspectors last Friday seized 50 dial scales, not approved for commercial use, from vendors at the Stabroek and Bourda markets in Georgetown.

The Guyana Association of Bankers Inc today said it will be adopting the new COVID-19 regulations unveiled by the government on Saturday including the requirement for vaccinations.

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of September 05, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony this morning said the decision to extend COVID-19 vaccine requirements for public access to privately-owned facilities was driven by the need to ensure public safety.

Transparency Institute  Guyana Inc (TIGI) has flayed government’s unilateral decision and the undisclosed terms of the deal with Saudi Arabian company, Aramco Trading Limited to market this country’s next 1 million barrels of oil. 

Persons who want to enter privately-owned buildings to which the public has lawful access now have to be vaccinated or alternatively will have to show evidence of a recent negative PCR test or make an appointment.

Maintaining that they were given short notice to prepare and submit projects for the upcoming 2022 budget, Region Four APNU+AFC councillors yesterday slammed Regional Executive Officer (REO) Donald Gajraj for failing to inform them in a timely manner and accused him of disenfranchising residents from the process. 

The current ideological leanings of the People’s Progressive Party are “not extremely clear” but it is definitely no longer Marxist/Leninist.

With almost a month having passed since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that an impact assessment will not be needed for ExxonMobil’s 12-Well Exploration and Appraisal Drilling Programme on the offshore Canje Block and no information on the project publicised, environmental lawyer Melinda Janki has written to the body’s Executive Director seeking to have the issue clarified.

President Irfaan Ali met with members of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) on Saturday afternoon and disclosed that legislation for a free zone in the area is in the works.

The polluted water that appeared off the Kingston seashore last Thursday appears to have been dispersed.

A minibus driver has been hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being injured in a head- on collision with a motor lorry on the Madewini Public Road, East Bank Demerara yesterday morning.

An Anna Regina mother is still coming to terms with the results of the harsh treatment she experienced from a particular midwife at the maternity department at the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating the fatal incident involving Kersa Robertson, a Bosai worker who was badly burnt two Sundays ago at the company’s compound located at Republic Avenue, MacKenzie, Linden, in Region Ten.

A police sergeant was on Saturday morning held at gunpoint and robbed of valuables by four men whilst walking out of the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Hundreds of children, ages 12 -17, received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during Saturday’s vaccination drive at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.