Guyana News

Current Charge d’Affaires of the Guyana Embassy in Kuwait, Safraaz Shadood is tipped to be Guyana’s Ambassador to Qatar.

A 35-year-old salesman is now in police custody after allegedly staging a robbery on Friday morning to avoid having to repay monies he allegedly stole from the company to offset medical treatment for this ailing mother.

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.

Two fishermen are now on $100,000 bail after being charged with stealing water tanks and an ice cooler from a ship at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation wharf. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of September 03, 2021, four more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday said that the Government has approved the nomination of Aramco Trading Limited (ALT) to market Guyana’s 4th oil lift for 2021.

A mother whose son went missing in August, 2019, says she is still hopeful that the young man is alive and will return home.

Teachers who are returning to schools for face-to-face teaching will have to adhere to a memorandum released by the Ministry of Education’s Permanent Secretary which stipulates that they must be vaccinated or provide a negative PCR test result.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 03, 2021, four more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is to make recommendations to Guyana on strengthening its anti-corruption weaponry.

Girls attending school can now feel more confident about their menstrual cycle with the launching of a Menstrual Hygiene Initiative by First Lady Arya Ali yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary School (ARMS) in Region Two. 

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday said that former President David Granger is only taking a “brief vacation” from his duties as party leader.

Still opposed to government-enforced measures for citizens to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, the leadership of Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice is to shut down the region on Monday.

Six Upper Corentyne men were yesterday jointly charged with murdering Crabwood Creek Hindu priest, Rishi Bharrat, who was fatally beaten after he attempted to disperse persons who were behaving raucously in front of his residence on Saturday evening.

President Irfaan Ali has requested the reprogramming of previously approved Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) funds and the programming of new resources to help Guyana strengthen its capacity to respond to any future extreme climatic events and to build more resilient infrastructure.

A group of squatters at Block `X’ Plantation Herstelling (Cane View), East Bank Demerara who are in the path of the  Eccles to Great Diamond four-lane highway are to be relocated by the Ministry of Housing.

A Netherlands-based company which specialises in the removal and salvaging of maritime wrecks yesterday signed an almost $800 million contract to remove three sunken vessels from the Demerara River.

A Norton Street, Lodge, couple was yesterday charged with trafficking 151 lbs of cannabis which was allegedly found in their home.

Four new COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 161 new cases of the virus.

A man who was wanted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) for trafficking in cannabis was yesterday remanded after answering the charge.