Guyana News

By Chris Ramsaroop, Kevin Edmonds, Mark Chatarpal, Lotoya Haynes-Francis, Terry Roswell, former students of Arnold Itwaru in the Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Toronto, Canada.

The community of Circuitville along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, is set to soon benefit from electricity for the first time.

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of September 25, 2021, eight more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today called for a Coroner’s Inquest to be conducted into the violent death of Orin Boston at the hands of the police on September14th.

Following breaches of a tailings pond and reservoir at two large-scale mining companies, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has announced that a joint-agency monitoring unit will be established.

Three loud explosions were heard moments before the North West Secondary School building, Mabaruma, Region One, went up in flames, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) says.

In the wake of the raging controversy over the multiple retendering of a contract for the supply of steel sheet piles, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has withdrawn retenders for four other projects.

A 77-year-old woman died yesterday after she was struck down by a motor lorry on the Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) while crossing the street.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is defending its use of the whistleblower policy embedded in the Customs Act stressing that since its implementation it has been able to recover “billions of dollars in revenue”.

A quick response by the police has led to the apprehension of four juveniles who escaped from the Sophia Holding Centre yesterday morning.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Lenox Shuman wants a financial allocation to each Member of Parliament to enable them to make adequate submissions for the 2022 budget.

Seventeen police officers yesterday graduated after successfully completing training on how to deal with domestic violence reports under the recently launched COPSQUAD 2000 initiative.

The EPA on Friday said that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for a 12-well oil exploration programme in the offshore Kaieteur Block.

Having received appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to not require impact assessments for the replacement of the existing Demerara Harbour Bridge, and the Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) 12-Well Exploration and Appraisal Programme in the offshore Canje Block, the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) on Friday said that public hearings for those projects will be held in October.

Seven months after the expiration of the last Integrity Commission, the government is still to identify or appoint a replacement.

The father of the Corentyne woman who was found hanging on Monday afternoon is calling on the police in Berbice to conduct a thorough investigation.

Due to the uncertainty over what is included in the Region Four 2022 Budget, Regional Chairman Daniel Seeram is mulling a caucus with councillors to determine the way forward.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday laid to rest Corporal 19784 Clifford Joel Austin, who died earlier this month after succumbing to a prolonged illness.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) today said that the results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be released by October 15 and those for CSEC and  CAPE on October 14.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 24, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.