Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday voiced his support for reparations. “Guyana will continue to support the efforts being made within the Caribbean Community to press for the convening of an international summit to demand reparative justice for the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, African enslavement, and its enduring effects,” Ali proclaimed in his Emancipation Day message.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 30, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Following criticisms in a Stabroek News report, the Guyana Fire Service today defended its performance in the Alberttown blaze on Friday that killed two Venezuelan women.

In an address to the nation, President Irfaan Ali today announced billions in relief to households, farmers and others following the countrywide floods in June and July.

Citing the restriction on food sales, Caribbean Cinemas today said it will not reopen at this point under new COVID-19 guidelines unveiled by the government yesterday and which take effect from tomorrow.

Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan and his family on Friday commissioned their multi-million dollar Amazonian Mall at Providence, promising both recreational and economic opportunities to residents of the East Bank and West Demerara, even as he encouraged young athletes to think about investments to secure their future.

-law says three-member quorum needed for binding decision Chairman of the Local Government Commission (LGC) Julius Faerber is maintaining that he had the authority to unilaterally appoint junior staff member Candace Nelson to act as Town Clerk of Georgetown, although the law stipulates that any action taken by fewer than three members of the constitutional body is not binding.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday said the City Council would not recognise the appointment of Candace Nelson as interim Town Clerk and has sought legal advice on the way forward.

The government yesterday launched the extension of the country’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) at Melanie, East Coast Demerara (ECD), where a $51 million fire station was also commissioned.

From tomorrow public transport operators will have to show proof of vaccination in order to be allowed to ply their trade, while persons not vaccinated against COVID-19 will be required to make appointments in order to access services at ministries and other government agencies.

Anticipating greater second-half spending on projects where Guyana is integral, ExxonMobil yesterday said that higher prices for crude oil coupled with continued  low production costs  will ensure sound returns on investments.

A taxi driver was on Thursday arrested after being found with over 11 pounds of imported marijuana.

Floodwaters that severely affected just over ten homes in Eteringbang, Region Seven, have started to recede.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Friday made contributions to 44 groups to assist them with their emancipation celebrations.

A Berbice pensioner, who was seriously injured when he collided with a pick-up truck along the Fort Ordnance Public Road, has died. 

Rochino Maison, the Lindener who chopped a man  who attempted to rescue a woman from him at Kara Kara, Mackenzie, was on Thursday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge.

A woman was yesterday ordered to serve six months of community service after she admitted to stealing cellphones and money, which she said she did to provide food for her children.

The first controlled surgery on a hemophilia patient was recently conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), with the recipient of the procedure expected to make a full recovery.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Friday confirmed the discovery of 86 new COVID-19 cases after some 1,300 tests were done.

Two men who were on Thursday released on bail after they denied cultivating a prohibited plant and possession of narcotics charges.