Guyana News

After decades of prevarication and neglect, restoration works on the iconic City Hall structure in Georgetown will finally get underway with the signing of a $780 million contract The ceremony was held in the compound of City Hall and saw Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall along with the Minister within the ministry, Anand Persaud, signing the contract for the restorative works.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday signed contracts amounting to $867 million with six local contractors to conduct works at La Parfaite Harmonie, Region Three. 

A man was yesterday charged with the murder of Sigmol Gouveia who was killed during an incident at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD), Region Three.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was yesterday signed between the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) and Midas Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Inc for a call centre in Linden that could see the creation of 250 jobs.

A Child Advocacy Centre was yesterday inaugurated in Port Kaituma, Region 1.

Following questions raised concerning the controversial  retendering of a contract for steel some three times, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) yesterday said that the decision was made because the increase in global prices for the metal far surpassed its budgetary allocation and it insists that there was “no mischief afoot” in its decision.

President Irfaan Ali says  that there will be a thorough and impartial investigation into the killing of Dartmouth businessman, Orin Boston, who was  shot by a police officer during a reported anti-crime operation at his home more than a week ago.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported five more deaths as a result of COVID-19 along with 252 new cases of the virus.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Thursday announced that some $59 million in Home Improvement Subsidies have been disbursed to a total of 118 low-income families in Sophia.

The use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been minimal since its arrival according to Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony who also noted that Guyana has not had any issue with the expiration of COVID-19 shots here.

Within the next week another shipment of the Sputnik V COVID-19 second dose is expected to arrive in Guyana and Government continues to engage the supplier in Russia to ensure that there is a “steady” supply of the vaccine.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant delays in the distribution of birth certificates by the General Register Office (GRO), the department has promised that it would improve its rate of distribution by the end of this month.

The charge against an Albion, Corentyne businessman for breaching COVID-19 protocols was yesterday dismissed by Magistrate Rabindranath Singh.

A Tuschen New Housing Scheme businesswoman was released on $100,000 bail after being charged with larceny by  bailee.

Dartmouth businessman, Orin Boston, who was shot dead by a policeman on Wednesday was laid to rest yesterday.

In their bid to explore investment opportunities here, a number of delegations from across the world are expected to visit Guy-ana in the coming weeks to conduct  “on ground” inspections.

A woman who is charged with unlawful wounding told a City Court that the man she allegedly wounded, hit her first. 

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

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today rejected what it said were “malicious” allegations against senior officers.

Addressing the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged that the movement of people not be curtailed based on the COVID-19 vaccines they took and he also upped the pressure on Venezuela over the border controversy between the two countries.