Guyana News

With effect from today, a new regulation has been issued under The Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act allowing visitors to use valid drivers’ licences from their country of  residence to drive here.

Steel Buildings Guyana Inc., a subsidiary of Hits and Jams (HJ) Entertainment, yesterday launched its $8.5 million two-bedroom steel home.

Thirty-eight new COVID cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday after 427 tests were carried out.

Newly accredited Deputy British High Commissioner, Judy Kpogho recently visited the Mazaruni Prison and was reported as being pleased with the modern correctional facilities in place as well as the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) reintegration programme.

Three men pleaded not guilty on Monday to the charge of armed robbery and were remanded until September 30th.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has extended condolences on the passing of Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Hartley Liverpool.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess recently spearheaded a four-day military exchange visit to the Florida National Guard (FLNG) Headquarters, St Augustine, Florida.

Two weeks after he went public with damning allegations, including that of a cover-up in the murder investigation of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes, the police have been advised to institute several criminal charges against Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has decried the failure to constitute or reconstitute the constitutional service commissions in a timely manner, calling the situation “highly unfortunate.”

Several fishermen affected by the dredging of the Demerara River mouth as part of Phase One of the Vreed-en-Hoop shore base project have already been compensated, according to developer NRG Holdings.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said the order of vaccines for persons exposed to the monkeypox viral disease that the ministry has been able to procure is expected to be shipped into the country by the end of September.

The Ministry of Education yesterday, signed a $566.9 million contract for the reconstruction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School building that was destroyed by fire on June 19, 2021.

A 50-year-old man died on Saturday after he allegedly struck his head during a dispute with a relative at their North Ruimveldt, Georgetown home.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is investigating a minor incident which occurred on Sunday evening at the Eugene Correia International Airport (ECIA), Ogle, when the plane that landed President Irfaan Ali and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley veered off the concrete taxiway, sources say.

As the deadlock continues between coalition partners APNU and AFC over the selection of a candidate to fill the post of Vice Chair of Region 10, Chair of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Cathy Hughes is maintaining that the party is independent and that the APNU has no role to play in its selection of representatives.

Co-founder and former leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman is expected to resign from the National Assembly next week, according to the party.

With the written judgment of the Chief Justice’s ruling on Tuesday invalidating the composition of the Police Service Commission (PSC) still to be made available to lawyers in the case, Justice Gino Persaud has further deferred moving ahead with the challenge before him on the suspension of the former members of the body.

While highlighting that most of the countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region are being adversely affected by the steep rises in energy prices, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has identified that Guyana is among the few countries in the region benefitting from increased energy costs.

A contract valued $64.9 million has been awarded to the Devcon Construction and Contracting Services for the rehabilitation of a sunken section of Lamaha Street, near the intersection with Irving Street, in Georgetown.

Viroshni Persaud, also known as ‘Roshni’, 19, the young bride who was left widowed after Tuesday’s collision at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, remains in a stable condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.