Guyana News

As of yesterday, the High Court in Georgetown and its offices will remain closed until next Monday—January 10th—to effect sanitization “as a precautionary measure given exposure to the Covid-19 virus.”

A Linden man was on Monday remanded after being charged with the attempted murder of a Community Policing Group member who went to arrest him for the alleged rape of a child under 16 years of age.

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has settled on five names for the new Public Procurement Commission and these names are to be tendered to Parliament for approval, sources say.

Almost 800 new COVID-19 infections were reported today. This is according to the Minister of Health, Dr.

ExxonMobil today said it made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

A ruckus on Christmas Eve between several miners at Nassano Backdam, North West District, ended with two fatalities and two persons being injured, police reported yesterday.

A newly-wed couple was yesterday morning found dead in their home at Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara (EBD) with police stating that the matter is being investigated as a murder/suicide.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has appealed the ruling annulling its decision to reassess and impose additional taxes on goods imported by Chinese businessman Shanglin Lin.

The controversial passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill in the National Assembly on December 29, 2021, highlights the desperate need for constitutional reforms as well as the review and updating of the Parliamentary Standing Orders, according to Deputy Speaker Lenox Shuman.

Isaiah Okmie Barclay also known as ‘Blackboy’ of D’Urban Street, Georgetown, and Nigel Bentick of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, were yesterday each sentenced to 30 months in prison after they both pleaded guilty to robbing a Charity, Essequibo couple.

Guyana exported over $2.5 billion worth of coconut and coconut byproducts last year which represents a $600 million increase compared to the $1.9 billion that was exported in 2020.

Almost 500 new COVID-19 infections were reported yesterday even as health officials say that a further increase could be expected.

The Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) has come out in support of the passing of the Natural Resource Fund Bill and the Local Content Bill  in Parliament last Wednesday.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that President Irfaan Ali will soon tell the nation more about the directors of the board to be established for the Natural Resource Fund.

Two fully vaccinated men are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus increased to 1,058.

Tenders were on Thursday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for a number of projects under the Central Housing and Planning Authority.

More than 16 months after the PPP/C took Office and following repeated assurances of its Government’s commitment in ensuring the reappointment of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), there is yet to be any progress.

Following a break after the appointment of Vishnu Persaud as Chief Election Officer (CEO), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will recommence the process of filling critical vacancies from next week, according to Commissioners Sase Gunraj and Vincent Alexander.

A man who gave the police his brother’s name when he was arrested for having over five pounds of cannabis has been sentenced over the possession charge. 

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has received a donation of COVID-19 personal protective equipment for distribution to schools across the country.