Guyana News

With CARICOM long accused of moving too slowly in implementing the Single Market and Economy (CSME), regional leaders have now agreed to modify the way decisions are taken in an effort to be more proactive.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 16 new COVID-19 infections.

Two Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) workers were taken into custody on Friday following the discovery of a quantity of cocaine.

If trousers say massah teef, yuh can’t doubt am. The word comes from the Elders of Merundoi.

Policy Forum Guyana today stood its ground over criticisms by President Irfaan Ali and his ministers over a statement that the NGO had issued calling for more accountability by the government.

On Thursday, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the workers’ representative body reached an agreement that will see over 700 employees getting a six percent increase.

An 18-year-old labourer at Forrester Lumber and Building Complex is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after a co-worker turned on a Cement Mixer unaware that he was inside the machine cleaning it.

The Ministry of Health says  that its COVID-19 Vaccination Surveillance Unit is currently working on verifying and reconciling its COVID-19 vaccination data.

Accusing them of selective advocacy and trying to derail progress, President Irfaan Ali and members of his Cabinet have blasted civil society groups which have called for greater government accountability and transparency.

A Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Registration Officer has filed a $175 million lawsuit against the Guyana Police Force, which she is accusing of breaching her rights and treating her inhumanely during her arrest as part of the investigation of alleged electoral fraud in the aftermath of the March 2020 polls.

There was a 28% reduction in road deaths last year when compared to 2020 but vulnerable road users still account for more than half of the number of accident victims across Guyana, according to Minister of Public Works (MoPW) Juan Edghill, who says citizens continue to die at an “alarming” rate.

The parliamentary committee undertaking the review of the government bill to eliminate custodial sentences for possession of less than 30 grammes of cannabis has invited public submissions on the proposed legislation.

A group of Guyanese yesterday held a peaceful protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Georgetown to protest its invasion of Ukraine and the death and destruction it has inflicted on its people.

The Ministry of Health, through its Chronic Disease Programme, is aiming to expand screening for kidney disease, according to Nephrologist Dr Hemchand Barran.

Police investigators have arrested a shop owner over the suspected murder of a man, whose body was discovered at a shop on Thursday at Barama Line, Baramita, North West District, Region One.

With the aim of ensuring that all staff are equipped with the necessary skills to effectively respond to an off- shore oil spill, ExxonMobil Guyana recently conducted an exercise to field test its spill-response equipment, processes, and team readiness.

The attorneys for former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan are seeking to have the misconduct in public office charge pending against him tried in the High Court.

Collin Denny, who was on trial for allegedly trafficking five pounds of cannabis in 2018, was freed of the charge on Thursday.

A woman was yesterday released on $200,000 bail after she denied six charges that she embezzled over $3.1 million from her place of employment.

Two men, who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said were arrested wrapping pellets of cocaine amounting to $1.2 million in value, have been charged and remanded.