Guyana News

Three weeks after terminating the contract of the Chief Election Officer (CEO), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is still to finalise the advertisement needed to secure his replacement.

Bandits broke into D.T. Nandlall Jewellery store located in the Stabroek Market between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning and stole more than $1M in cash and jewellery.

Businessman Harrylall Motilall has been identified as the prime suspect in Thurs-day night’s shooting during which two Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officers from the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) were wounded in an anti-smuggling operation.

Reminding that COVID-19 has become the pandemic of the unvaccinated, the Shadow Minister of Heath, Dr  Karen Cummings on Thursday reiterated the opposition’s support for immunisation while stressing that “coercion” cannot be substituted for a comprehensive education campaign.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said that the restoring of State House to its original heritage colour—white—is being done by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and not by the Government.

Students from the Abram Zuil Secondary School in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will be relocated to a facility in Johanna Cecelia, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The operators of a bar and lounge at Melanie Damishana on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were on Thursday charged with breaching the national COVID-19 curfew by operating the bar beyond 10 pm.

The Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) has expressed concern that the series of Regional Toshao Meetings that is currently ongoing contravenes the National Toshaos Council (NTC) rules of procedure and has called for the interim executive body to be elected to be made official by the next meeting.

Current Charge d’Affaires of the Guyana Embassy in Kuwait, Safraaz Shadood is tipped to be Guyana’s Ambassador to Qatar.

A 35-year-old salesman is now in police custody after allegedly staging a robbery on Friday morning to avoid having to repay monies he allegedly stole from the company to offset medical treatment for this ailing mother.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said that the restoring of State House to its original heritage colour—white—is being done by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and not by the Government.

Two fishermen are now on $100,000 bail after being charged with stealing water tanks and an ice cooler from a ship at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation wharf. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of September 03, 2021, four more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday said that the Government has approved the nomination of Aramco Trading Limited (ALT) to market Guyana’s 4th oil lift for 2021.

A mother whose son went missing in August, 2019, says she is still hopeful that the young man is alive and will return home.

Teachers who are returning to schools for face-to-face teaching will have to adhere to a memorandum released by the Ministry of Education’s Permanent Secretary which stipulates that they must be vaccinated or provide a negative PCR test result.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 03, 2021, four more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is to make recommendations to Guyana on strengthening its anti-corruption weaponry.

Girls attending school can now feel more confident about their menstrual cycle with the launching of a Menstrual Hygiene Initiative by First Lady Arya Ali yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary School (ARMS) in Region Two. 

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday said that former President David Granger is only taking a “brief vacation” from his duties as party leader.