Guyana News

Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship awardees who were deregistered from the University of the West Indies (UWI) due to their inability to attend classes will be given an opportunity to be part of their programmes during the upcoming semester.

Hoping to get the attention of President Irfaan Ali, just over a dozen Lethem residents on Saturday took to the streets to protest against the “indirect mandatory” COVID-19 vaccination policy that was implemented by the government in August.

With no environmental impact assessment needed, Trinuyana Investments Incorporated, the developer of another Marriott-branded Hotel is now required to submit an Environmental Management Plan to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A twenty-eight-year-old taxi driver was carjacked yesterday afternoon after being held at gunpoint by two men who hired him for a ride to Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt.

Two men were admitted to the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two after they suffered injuries when their motorcycles collided.

Maria Parboodial, 75-years-old, of Lot 14 Grant 1802 Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice was on Saturday struck down by a Ministry of Agriculture vehicle on the Number 79 Public Road.

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.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 04, 2021, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The miners association has announced its withdrawal from participation in the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI), citing the process as being too intrusive by an organisation that does nothing to help them overcome hurdles faced in mining.

Although the Ministry of Public Works had proposed that an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) on the New Demerara Harbour Bridge project be done, it was surprisingly advised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it was not necessary and the ministry has acted on that advice.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told Indigenous leaders of Region Nine who participated in the Regional Toshaos Meeting (RTM) that the government has commenced the establishment of a mechanism that will resolve all outstanding land disputes.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says  it has investigated the reports of what was claimed to be crude oil at the Kingston seashore in Georgetown and has collected samples for analysis.

Three weeks after terminating the contract of the Chief Election Officer (CEO), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is still to finalise the advertisement needed to secure his replacement.

Bandits broke into D.T. Nandlall Jewellery store located in the Stabroek Market between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning and stole more than $1M in cash and jewellery.

Businessman Harrylall Motilall has been identified as the prime suspect in Thurs-day night’s shooting during which two Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officers from the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) were wounded in an anti-smuggling operation.

Reminding that COVID-19 has become the pandemic of the unvaccinated, the Shadow Minister of Heath, Dr  Karen Cummings on Thursday reiterated the opposition’s support for immunisation while stressing that “coercion” cannot be substituted for a comprehensive education campaign.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said that the restoring of State House to its original heritage colour—white—is being done by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and not by the Government.

Students from the Abram Zuil Secondary School in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will be relocated to a facility in Johanna Cecelia, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The operators of a bar and lounge at Melanie Damishana on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were on Thursday charged with breaching the national COVID-19 curfew by operating the bar beyond 10 pm.

The Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) has expressed concern that the series of Regional Toshao Meetings that is currently ongoing contravenes the National Toshaos Council (NTC) rules of procedure and has called for the interim executive body to be elected to be made official by the next meeting.