Guyana News

A police pursuit along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road on Friday night has left a 26-year-old man dead and a teenage girl seriously injured.

Guyana will get a total of five lifts of one million barrels of oil this year and not the anticipated six after production was scaled back earlier this year due to the flash gas compressor problems aboard the Liza Destiny FPSO, according to Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat.

Veteran engineer Charles Ceres says that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  is operating in breach of its own governing Act in key areas, including the denial of the need for impact assessments for major projects and the pool of qualified consultants it should enlist to undertake these.

Sandrama Roma Raju, the Corentyne woman who was allegedly burnt by her husband during the wee hours of last Monday morning, succumbed to her injuries at the New Amsterdam Public Hospi-tal last evening.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that seven more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have died, taking this month’s death toll from the virus to 88.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has suspended its recently launched “Boots on the Ground” protests.

A rigid education campaign and counselling sessions are being credited with the St.

The Takutu Bridge will remain closed to all but the transport of essential items while the Government of Guyana and the Roraima State in Brazil discuss protocols for a possible re-opening, according to statements from both sides following a meeting in Boa Vista on Friday.

Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday morning destroyed over $100 million in illicit drugs, including cocaine and marijuana that had been seized over the past two years.

Government has revoked the order to compulsorily acquire lands at locations on the East and West Bank of Demerara that the APNU+AFC had proposed to have the new Demerara Harbour Bridge built since that project has been shifted to another location and the lands are no longer needed, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

Some 1,800 girls in Region Nine are due to benefit from a year’s supply of sanitary napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Initiative, which was launched in the region on Friday by First Lady Arya Ali as part of an historic programme to end period poverty in Guyana.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), recently conducted a number of inspections of quarries in the Mazaruni and Essequibo areas and found that most of the operations were at an acceptable level of compliance with their permits and management plans.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has announced that it will begin enforcing measures to prevent persons from using the roadways in government housing schemes to store construction materials.

The Government of Guyana is seeking three international consultants to review and assess studies for the Payara Development Project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.

Commander of Region Two Denise Griffith has reiterated calls for cooperation from residents of Dartmouth, in Region Two, after the main roadway was once again blocked late Friday afternoon when protesting resumed over the killing of businessman Orin Boston.

Police are still awaiting advice on the fatal stabbing of Roy Boston, who was killed last month after an argument at a shop in Swan Village, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who allegedly robbed two women at gunpoint of their belongings on Austin Street, Campbellville on Friday night.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is advising that all those, including pensioners, who wish to visit its offices must either pre-sent a vaccination card or make an appointment. 

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced the appointment of Sheree Deslandes to the role of Director of Corporate Services.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today that as of September 17, 2021, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.