Guyana News

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond on Wednesday handed over cheques worth $7.4 million for the development of 15 small businesses in Region Two.

The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported three more COVID-19 fatalities. In a press release, the ministry said that the country’s total deaths as a result of COVID-19 increased to 567 with the latest fatalities.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has received a donation of US$18,000 in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support its response to COVID-19.

A Corentyne man was on Tuesday evening rescued from a sluice, where he was thrown after he was struck by a car.

A man was on Tuesday sentenced to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of break and enter and larceny.

Guyanese children could soon be vaccinated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine following the announcement by the US today that it is donating 5.5 million of the shots to  CARICOM.

Health care workers, public transport workers and others who have have been mandated to take COVID-19 vaccines to continue functioning have been given a further two weeks to comply, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.

The Guyana Revenue Authority today said that relief on freight charges announced by the Office of the President (OP) is applicable from August 1 this year and not August 1 last year as inadvertently stated by OP.

Some residents of Linden, in Region Ten, have blocked the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge to protest against the measure requiring persons to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before accessing hospital services.

A Hadfield Street businessman was riddled with bullets last night while in his vehicle on Regent Street, Georgetown, in an execution-style attack in which another man was wounded. 

Following hours of debate into the wee hours of yesterday morning, the National Assembly passed a bill to decriminalise cross-dressing, in keeping with a more that two-year-old Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling. 

Employees of the Linden Hospital Complex and members of the public in Region Ten were yesterday denied entry to the premises after they failed to produce proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

Malisha Dutchin, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of overseas-based Guya-nese Hemraj Pardesi, was yesterday charged with the crime alongside an alleged accomplice, as police continued a hunt for a third suspect.

The soldier and two security guards accused of carrying out last week’s $58 million gold heist at Wallison Enterprise, in Kitty, were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the crime.

Ahead of a crucial vote, a meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was adjourned yesterday following a withdrawal by opposition-nominated commissioners Vincent Alexander and Desmond Trotman.

A group of tractor operators are accusing the government through the Region Six regional administration of reneging on an agreement to pay them $5,000 per hour for pumping water from communities during the recent floods.

Although the COVID-19 emergency measure restricting access to government services to unvaccinated persons came into effect since August 1st, the implementation has been uneven, with some public institutions swiftly moving towards enforcement, some now doing so and others still mulling whether they should proceed.

The Ministry of Health announced three more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday along with 81 new cases of infections.

The Ministry of Health continues to record an increase in vaccinations against COVID-19 since the implementation of the new emergency measures.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, on Monday stated that the newly imposed civil aviation regulations, which requiring inbound travellers to have been inoculated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, are not meant to lock persons out, while the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony has noted that some exemptions can be made.