Guyana News

Both the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday said they had nothing to do with a controversial retendering for steel sheets and the focus is now on the Minis-try of Agriculture.

The file on Wednesday’s shooting to death of Dart-mouth businessman, Orin Boston by a cop has been sent to the Police Com-plaints Authority (PCA) for “review”.

Members of the differently-abled community are being trained to make concrete blocks for use in the construction industry, according to a release yesterday from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

45-year-old Robert Joseph who admitted to raping a 15-year-old girl back in 2019 was yesterday sentenced to 10 years behind bars from which the prison has been ordered to make the mandatory one-third deduction which accompanies such pleas.

A driver with the Linden Mayor and Town Council was yesterday charged with causing the death of Adrean Andries, a motorcyclist, who died following a collision with a truck.

The five-month-old baby who died with COVID-19 last week had suffered a serious rib injury, relatives have disclosed.

A 33-year-old Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara man who left home to lime with friends on Tuesday afternoon never returned home.

The developers of the planned Maraiko Bay luxury housing development project at Mahaica are eyeing the sod turning for January next year.

Several businesses in Pomeroon-Supenaam have signalled their intention to come on board with the Ministry of Education (MoE) to support the Teachers’ Wel-fare and Benefits Programme which was launched yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary School (ARMS).

The second suspect who is wanted in connection with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the miner who was stabbed to death during a robbery in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) yesterday allegedly opened fire on a police rank on patrol duty before escaping.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says that the authorities here are not considering a total closure of Guyana’s borders in response to the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and informed that they will continue to work towards having genetic sequencing done to identify variants.

A youth was yesterday sentenced to four years behind bars after admitting to robbing two persons of gold jewellery and other items during two separate robberies in Albouystown, Georgetown.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to gaining international reparations for the African slave trade. 

Residents living in Adventure and the neighbouring community of Airy Hall, Region Two, are calling on the Regional Administration and the Ministry of Public Works to conduct maintenance works on the main public road.

Police are investigating the death of an elderly West Coast Berbice resident who allegedly dropped dead on the roadway while on his way home yesterday afternoon.

All local and foreign airline operators and services are mandated to be vaccinated and have in their possession, their vaccination cards and official identification cards according to the updated COVID guidelines, a release from the National COVID-19 Task Force said yesterday.

Workers of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) will now be represented by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) following a poll between the Union and the General Workers Union (GWU) yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force is requesting the assistance of the general public in locating the relatives of 38-year-old Dellon Eastman of Timehri who died on 2021-01-07.

As training for new police officers remains on a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) currently has a backlog of applications dating from as far as more than five years ago.

The Ministry of Health today said that as September 21, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.