Guyana News

Guyana is expected to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its public policy and fiscal management response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a US$130 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Dozens of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and their supporters yesterday took to the streets of Georgetown for the 2022 pride parade. 

Employees of Sterling Products Limited (SPL) are due to see a 7% increase in their wages for this year and an 8% increase for next year, across-the-board, after the company concluded a two-year agreement with the Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU).

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 137 new COVID-19 cases from the results of 639 tests.

With litigants on both sides unable to agree on the facts in the legal challenge mounted to the passage of the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF) law, High Court Judge Navindra Singh has converted the action from a fixed date application (FDA) to a statement of claim (SOC).

The Police Association has provided assistance to Lance Corporal Alpha Daniels, whose West Ruimveldt home was destroyed by fire just over a week ago.

Thousands of residents along the East Coast Demerara corridor are set to benefit from a massive housing development, a release from the CHPA said today.

APNU+AFC today rejected a recommendation from the Privileges Committee for the suspension of eight of its MPs over a ruckus in Parliament during which the parliamentary mace was seized by one of its members.

Having determined that a man, who was on remand for more than nine years, had his fundamental rights under Article 144 (1) of the Constitution violated, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday ordered that criminal matters against him be stayed permanently and that he be released forthwith from the custody of the Guyana Prison Service.

A 21-year-old man succumbed on Monday, days after he was brutally stabbed while liming at a bar in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and his family is calling for justice amidst fears that his attacker has left the country.

Taxi driver Feroze Shakeer was on Friday sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl.

Following an undertaking given by the Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is now under no obligation to respond to President Irfaan Ali’s request for consultation regarding the appointment of Clifton Hicken who is currently acting as Commissioner of Police.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud on Wednesday confirmed that Ann Greene is no longer director of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA).

With members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community and their allies expected to take to the streets of Georgetown today for a pride parade, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is urging the government to make tangible steps towards the decriminalisation of same-sex intimacy in Guyana.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday emphasised that his administration would be continually reviewing Guyana’s Local Content Act to close loopholes that could be exploited by investors.

Wärtsilä is preparing to set up a field services office in Guyana and has begun recruitment for a local team.

Seventeen-year-old Jahiem Peters has been released from the custody of the police following an order from High Court Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall, who found his detention beyond the statutory 72 hours to have been unlawful.

Reminding that much work needs to be done to meet the demands of the public, acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken has warned Guyana Police Force (GPF) ranks that that anyone found in breach of the established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will face the consequences.

In recognition of outstanding service for the first half of this year, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday presented more than $88 million in cash and prizes to a number of its ranks for their notable performances, including breakthroughs in high profile cases.

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported a total of 103 new COVID-19 cases.