Guyana News

A worker attached to the Queenstown Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Region 2, was found dead in a trench at Queenstown on Sunday.

Lide Maureira, a Venezuelan national, was last week released on $60,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two charges.

With challenges in the shipping industry due to the global pandemic, the completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project will likely not meet its yearend deadline, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said on Sunday.

Four unvaccinated women are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities and a further 123 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday.

A businessman was on Wednes-day released on $300,000 bail on a robbery under arms charge.

Underscoring the need for a Town Clerk to the functioning of the Municipality, High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow has refused the grant of an injunction barring acting Town Clerk Candace Nelson from performing duties.

The police are working to locate a man who allegedly stabbed a peacemaker in the chest before fleeing the scene at Kildonan Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

The driver involved in the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of Ishwar Mohan on Saturday night along the Diamond to Mocha bypass was yesterday charged with failure to stop and failure to render assistance.

Rafeek Ally who pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the La Bonne Intention Masjid, East Coast Demerara, is to be sentenced tomorrow.

Senior teachers were locked out of the Berbice Educational Institute yesterday when they visited to sort incoming Grade 10 students into their respective streams.

Police have arrested a man who is accused of discharging a loaded firearm at Aremu Backdam on Saturday.

The motorcyclist who died in the Linden accident on Sunday has been identified as Adrean Andries.

The police are currently pursuing two suspects in connection with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the miner who was stabbed to death during a robbery last week in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Dwayne Samuel called Dwayne Scott, of Lot 87 East La Penitence, was denied bail last Friday after a City Court heard that he escaped from lawful custody.

Tenders were on September 7th opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply and delivery of Medical Equipment.

Seon Isaacs, 28, a security officer of Lot 21 ‘C’ Field Sophia was released on $120,000 bail after being charged with aggravated robbery.

In a post on her Facebook page, Barbados Prime Minister  Mia Mottley has questioned the decision by West Indies selectors to have all rounder Jason Holder as only a reserve player for the T20 world cup.

The Ministry of Health says that as of September 12, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) today expressed alarm at the rising number of deaths from the COVID-19 virus and infections.

The operationalisation of the newly installed Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is expected to significantly reduce flight diversions and delays by 90 per cent, Minister with responsibility for the aviation sector Juan Edghill announced yesterday.