Guyana News

Despite around 10 reports being filed with the police and a range of government and non-government options to battle domestic violence, Malini Wahid, 48,  was not provided with the protection she needed and on December 10th she was murdered by her husband who later took his own life.

A wide range of concerns relating to export challenges were raised by the Guyana Rice Millers and Exporters Association during a meeting with President Irfaan Ali, who has since committed to assist exporters in finding cost-effective solutions.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association yesterday strongly repudiated statements by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC and other government officials on the level of consultations that had been pursued with it on the Local Content Bill.

The police yesterday said that a suspect in the 2018 murder of Leon Delph was held at the Plaisance Market.

A safety officer was yesterday charged at Linden with illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 30th, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), Renne Chester, yesterday said that the Commission has acknowledged the complaint by the Personal Assistant to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ean McPherson, over a racial slur directed at him while performing his duties at the National Assembly.

The police are probing the death of a toddler, whose decomposed body was found in a canal at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD) yesterday afternoon.

A man who allegedly opened fire at two policemen injuring one of the officers, has been remanded after being slapped with three charges. 

Three lucky winners of the “Lucky Dollar Christmas Win a Room Makeover Promotion” were announced yesterday.

The Altitude Cocktail Bar & Grill yesterday announced the cancellation of their upcoming Brunch event due to COVID-19 concerns.

Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of martial arts instructor and bodyguard, Garfield Newton who was shot during a robbery in Albouystown, Georgetown on Christmas Eve.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday afternoon assented to the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill which was passed on Wednesday in the National Assembly.

A day after the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill was passed in Parliament, the PPP/C government is still unable to say who will select the directors of the all-powerful board and what procedures will be followed.

A sixty-year-old fish vendor of Walton Hall, Region Two died yesterday around 1 pm as a result of a fire that completely gutted his home.

Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) yesterday charged that the ruling PPP/C has since August 2020 progressively closed off avenues for influencing decision-making in politics and it also condemned what it described as the “dismissive” parliamentary handling of its petition seeking a pause in deliberations on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill which was passed in a stormy session on Wednesday.

One day after a wanted bulletin was issued for him in relation to the murder of La Penitence resident Deon Charles, nineteen-year-old Ezekiel Hawker was on Wednesday arrested in neighbouring Suriname and the police say that he has since confessed to the crime.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira yesterday accused APNU+AFC MPs of engaging in terror tactics during Wednesday’s failed bid to derail the second reading and passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill.

Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon yesterday voiced support for the raucous actions of APNU+AFC MPs in Parliament on Wednesday evening which included the seizing of the Mace.

On Wednesday, at approximately 10:48 am, the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) experienced a shutdown due to a trip on the L16 Transmission Line, which links the Company’s New Sophia to Good Hope Substations.