Guyana News

Panic broke out this morning at the Parika Stelling, Region Three after a boat that was ferrying 11 passengers to Fort Island in the Essequibo River capsized.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says at 4:47 am today it received a call and was alerted to a fire at Lot 188 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana  (FITUG) yesterday voiced disappointment at the delay in implementation of the $60,000 minimum wage even though the Ministry of Labour’s National Tripartite Committee (NTC) has agreed to the hike from the current $44,200.

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis yesterday railed at the cost of living and launched a blistering attack on the PPP/C government in which he accused it of victimising members of the former government and ignoring the plight of Berbice bauxite workers.

An early morning accident yesterday claimed the life of 27-year-old Ian Mekdeci and left the driver of the car critical after a drunk driver allegedly failed to stop at the intersection of Sandy Babb Street and Vlissengen Road.

In a May Day message loaded with promises of a better life for workers in the future, President Irfaan Ali said that he wanted to work with the trade union movement in a spirit of respect rather than rancour and he also announced that consultations have begun on how to allocate $5b set aside in the budget to help to ease the cost of living.

Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old construction worker who was killed in a hit and run accident on Saturday night at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

The body of the man who went missing in the boat mishap in the Canje Creek on Friday evening was yesterday afternoon discovered a short distance away from the Canje Bridge and near to where the incident happened.

The Guyana Defence Force on Wednesday formalized an agreement with Tamesh Jagmohan of Pure Harvest Incorporated and owner of the Hampton Court airstrip, Essequibo Coast for the use of the facility.

A 59-year-old farmer of Bashaizon, Deep South Rupununi died following an argument on Friday afternoon with a drunk 27-year-old farmer who was angry about the deceased’s animals trespassing on his property.

The Central Islamic Organisa-tion of Guyana (CIOG) yesterday announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed today.

A miner is now missing after a boat occupied by six persons capsized on Saturday at Gatie Falls, Semang, Middle Mazaruni River after it hit a rock.

The Ministry of Health’s daily dashboard yesterday reported nine new cases of the COVID-19 virus.

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) delegation here has begun  training in the methodology of working out the cost of agricultural production. 

The Ministry of Agriculture is inviting bids for the construction and installation of an abattoir and related infrastructure in Region Five with an engineer’s estimate of $465.2m This project has been under consideration for a number of years.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred around 2:15 am today at the intersection of Sandy Babb Street and Vlissengen Road in the vicinity of Camp Ayanganna involving motor Jeep #PTT 4136 which is owned and was being driven by Roberto Narine, a 37-year-old male of School Street, Peters Hall, EBD; and motor car #PXX 4592 which is owned and was being driven by Sheik Baksh,  a 31-year-old of Dowding Street, Kitty with occupant Ian Mekdeci (deceased), a 27-year-old male of First Avenue Subryanville, Georgetown.

A construction worker died in a hit and run accident at Better Hope on the East Coast Demerara last night.

The Guyana Police Force today said that a member of the Guyana Defence Force is in custody over a  violent robbery at Mahaica last evening.

Guyana’s expanding oil and gas sector will not affect the country’s environmental credentials, effectively allowing it to maintain its carbon sink status, according to Senior Director for Climate and REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) in the Ministry of Natural Resources Pradeepa Bholanath.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday shared a proposal by government to remove the names of dead persons from the National Register of Registrants.