Guyana News

Former President and Representative of the APNU+AFC List, David Granger has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir on the decision of Dr Nicolette Henry to  resign as a Member of Parliament.

Although over $1 billion has been earmarked for the hosting of Local Government Elections (LGE) later this year, the budget does not cater for a new voters’ list as no decision has been taken by the Guyana Elections Commission, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira announced yesterday.

Just over half of the $40 million sum budgeted for the Office of the Commissioner of Information this year is for the emoluments of the office holder, retired Justice of Appeal  Charles Ramson SC.

Two men were arrested yesterday following the discovery of more than $4.5M worth of cannabis in a motor car at No.51 village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd last Friday said that the proposed $6.1 billion allocation for his ministry will ensure the enhancement of Guyana’s presence abroad while at the same time building capacity of staff based locally and overseas.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday stressed the importance of CARICOM getting serious about achieving the target of reducing food importation by 25% by the year 2025.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that an unvaccinated woman, 66, from Region Three is the latest COVID-19 fatality.

Mark Samuels, the driver who was charged with breaking into the Health Ministry’s vaccination centre and stealing COVID-19 vaccination cards was yesterday freed after the prosecution failed to present its case against him.

Planned infrastructural investments under this year’s $552.9 billion budget will lay the foundation for modernisation, transformation and creation of sustainable prosperity for the future Guyana, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has said.

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice taxi driver on Sunday evening lost all of his belongings after a fire completely destroyed the house he occupied for the last twelve years.

Police today issued a wanted bulletin for a third suspect in relation to the murder of  martial arts instructor and bodyguard, Garfield Newton who was shot during a robbery in Albouystown, Georgetown on Christmas Eve.

The PNCR today joined its coalition partner, the AFC, and others in condemning the PPP/C government for the removal of Dr.

A man was shot dead on Leopold Street this morning while attempting to part a fight between friends.

PNCR Elders will meet this week to help craft a solution to the crisis that has prevented their leader, Aubrey Norton  from entering Parliament more than two months after he was elected at the party’s biennial congress.

The passing of legendary Indian nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar has left fans across the globe heartbroken and in Guyana where she once visited in the prime of her career, several reminisced yesterday on the experience as they shared tributes.

The conviction of a Florida businessman for smuggling gold into the United States purportedly imported from Curacao may provide clues as to what had been the intended pathway for 476 pounds of the precious metal spirited out of this country before it was stolen in 2012 from a Guyanese fishing boat which was docked on the Dutch Caribbean island.

A twenty-three-year-old motorcyclist yesterday succumbed to his injuries and another person is hospitalised after they crashed into a pothole at Laluni, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The transformation of Joe Vieira Park on the West Bank of Demerara will take some 20 months to complete, according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar.

The Government through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has commenced the installation of 1,000 free internet access hubs across five regions.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of February 5th, 2022, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.