Guyana News

A new state-of-the-art $30 million infectious diseases building to accommodate tuberculosis and HIV patients was on Monday afternoon commissioned at the Suddie Public Hospital, in Region Two. 

A $42 million water distribution system was commissioned in Jawalla, in the Upper-Mazaruni on Sunday, enabling access by some 600 residents to potable water for the first time, the Department of Public Informa-tion (DPI) has reported.

Over 2,000 persons living in the riverain communities in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River, in Region Two, are expected to have better access to quality dental services with the redeployment of the rehabilitated ‘Lady Janet’ dental boat.

The Health Ministry on Monday confirmed that a 75-year-old man from Region Four, who was partially vaccinated, was the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality.

Stating that “lives are at risk,” the Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its decision to not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the storage of radioactive sources to be used in the oil & gas industry.

Convicted John Caesar, who is currently serving a life sentence, was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $2.5 million after he was admitted to being in possession of a quantity of narcotics at the Mazaruni prison.

Richard Anthony, 37, who is accused of killing his drunken younger brother after an argument in Alberttown, Georgetown, was on Monday charged with manslaughter.

A Customs Officer is now in police custody after he shot and injured two horse-cart operators at Kersaint Park, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday afternoon.

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Alex Williams, who was fatally chopped during the wee hours of Sunday morning along the Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice Public Road.

A total of over one tonne of cocaine and cannabis was seized last year by police ranks.

For last year, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) seized a total of 71 illegal firearms.

Despite a court order, the Ministry of Education is yet to recoup money to cover the cost of stolen fuel by a former employee, according to Permanent Secretary Alfred King.

 The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) and Guyana’s engineering fraternity are mourning the loss of  engineer, Dionne Amsterdam, MSc (Eng.),

Trudy DeHaarte, 48, a well-known animal rights activist, fatally shot herself at the Brickdam Police Station this morning. 

The Inter-American Development Bank’s rejection of the Guyana Shore Base Inc’s (GYSBI) expansion loan on the ground that new oil and gas operations won’t be funded has serious implications for this country, according to industry officials.

The Government of Guyana will this week lift physical distancing measures having recently recorded low numbers of positive COVID-19 cases and deaths, Director of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Colonel Nazrul Hussain yesterday said.

A deal for the New Demerara Harbour Bridge could soon be reached as government yesterday said that it was anticipating closing negotiations soon.

Around 800 persons were expected to become landowners on Friday during the CH&PA’s first ‘Dream Realised’ Housing Drive for 2022.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Department has conducted thorough investigations of workplace deaths that were reported between 2020 and 2022, according to the department’s head Gweneth King, who has said two employers are before the courts as a result.

Civil Society group Article 13 has criticised Chief Election Officer (CEO), Vishnu Persaud over his response to questions on the elections expenses returns from the parties which contested the March 2020 General and Regional polls.