Guyana News

Rawletta Barrow of Guyana is the 2022 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar.

Three bandits, who were armed with guns, robbed filmmaker Rae Wiltshire in the wee hours of Wednesday after they broke into his Essequibo Street, Lamaha Springs, Georgetown home.

Guyana is expected to receive more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next month, according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.

Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Advisor to the Minister of Health,  is seeking to set aside a default judgment granted against him in the $185 million libel suit brought by former General Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN) Enrico Woolford.

A fully vaccinated man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 980.

A new three-year Memorandum of Agreement was signed yesterday between the management of Banks DIH Limited and the General Workers Union (GWU) paving the way for a new wages package and other benefits.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the extension and rehabilitation of the Mental Health Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Senior State Counsel Abigail Gibbs, who is attached to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has added to her credentials, following the completion of a Masters in Corporate & Commercial Law.

Bevon Griffith who in a drunken attack killed Sophia resident Celwin Mark Allen on Christmas night back in 2017, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years behind bars and will serve around eight years after deductions for his guilty plea and the period he spent on remand.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia is expecting a specialist team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to visit in December to work on a review of its Sputnik V vaccine for possible WHO emergency use listing, the head of the RDIF fund that markets the vaccine said on Wednesday.

Demerara Bank Limited has registered a net profit of $2.95b for the year ended September 20, 2021 compared to $2.26b in the previous year, representing a rise of 31%.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday wrote President Irfaan Ali seeking an urgent meeting on the 7% wage hike for public servants and contending that a higher award should have been made in keeping with the sum allocated in this year’s budget GTUC General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis, in the letter released to the press yesterday,  said that it has had discussions with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and they have rejected the 7% in light of “rampant” inflation and the rise in the cost of living.

Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh SC is expected to present an integrated list of shortlisted candidates for the seven advertised positions, to the Commissioners by tomorrow.

With the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)  searching for top electoral officials and key preparations still to get underway, local government polls which were scheduled for before the end of this year will likely not be held before the fourth quarter of 2022.

Contractors executing the signage on the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road project have been instructed to complete the works in sections according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, as he explained that this was necessary to prevent road users from becoming confused.

Two women are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release yesterday which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 979.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday said that it has revised the date for the relocation of its Licence Revenue Office from Smyth and Princes streets to GRA’s Parking Lot, Lamaha Railway Embankment, Camp and Lamaha streets due to hiccups in site readiness.

Sentenced earlier this month to life in prison and ordered to serve 30 years before becoming eligible for parole, Corentyne taxi driver Gavin Gill, who admitted murdering his wife,  is contending that the sentence is “too severe.”

Sean Dos Santos and Stephon Howard are likely to know their fate next Monday after a jury deliberates on a verdict on the charge levelled against them for shooting and killing Abdool Fazal Saheed during a robbery at Freeman Street, East La Penitence just over four years ago.

Sentenced earlier this month to death for murdering his god-brother, British teenager Dominic Bernard, back in 2015 at Kildonan, Corentyne; Aaron Hing has filed an appeal, challenging what he describes as a severe sentence.