Guyana News

The Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) has raised its daily withdrawal limit and the amount that can be withdrawn during a single transaction at its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

A five-month-old baby girl is among three more COVID-19 fatalities announced today by the Health Ministry.

The fire service today issued a statement on the two deaths that occurred in a septic tank at Hyde Park, Timehri last night.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) this morning announced that its Central Executive Committee has approved recommendations for the holding of the party’s long delayed 22nd Biennial Congress, which is to be held sometime between the end of November and December 13, 2021.

Farms and several houses at Matthews Ridge in Region One have been left inundated after a reservoir belonging to Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) collapsed, releasing a torrent of water that forced some families to climb trees in order to survive.

The Lethem business community is requesting government intervention as protestors in the Brazilian town of Bon Fim have blocked the main highway to the Takutu River bridge preventing the delivery of essential goods.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday granted approval for the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant and School Uniform and Supplies grant programme to be extended to the parents of children attending private schools.

President Irfaan Ali has been struck as a respondent from the action filed by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers and Ali’s suspension of the Commission.

With Dartmouth tense and protesters still on the main road, the police yesterday again vowed that there will be an “impartial and professional” probe of the killing of businessman Orin Boston who was shot once by a cop early Wed-nesday morning.

A driver attached to the Guyoil branch in Region Two died on Wednesday night after he crashed into a utility pole in Johanna Cecilia, Essequibo Coast.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) on Wednesday said that an “operational error” on Tuesday led to a service interruption in New Amsterdam and on the Corentyne, Berbice.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the miner who was stabbed to death last Thursday at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Several former workers of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday picketed its Head Office in Kingston, Georgetown for their severance benefits.

As of last week, at least 75 percent of the members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The case file in relation to the death of robbery accused Peter Headley, who was shot by a policeman four months ago, will “soon” be forwarded for legal advice, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday said that two more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have died.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday disclosed that two suspects have been arrested for the murder of Shawn Albert, a pastry vendor.

President Irfaan Ali today granted approval for the government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant and School Uniform and Supplies grant programme to be extended to allow children attending private schools to benefit.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic lawmakers today asked the chiefs of four major fossil fuel companies and two lobbying groups to testify next month on whether the industry led an effort to mislead the public and prevent action to fight climate change.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 15, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.