Guyana News

Accusing the PPP/C government of being “autocratic” by imposing a 7% pay hike for public servants, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Friday urged President Irfaan Ali to direct the start of overdue negotiations between his administration and the union on increases of wages, salaries and allowances for 2020 and 2021.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday announced that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be made available from next Monday for persons 50 years and older and persons with comorbidities.

Suriname-based SEOS Sustainable Solutions, a sustainable energy solutions firm, has established a presence here with a US$1 million investment in partnership with Floor It Guyana.

Two foreign pilots, who claimed they were lost and in search of gold when they illegally landed at the Mahdia airstrip on Diwali evening, were on Friday sentenced to two years in jail and ordered to pay over $11 million in fines after they admitted to four charges.

Former Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson has been awarded $5 million in damages after winning a defamation suit he brought against writer Ruel Johnson over statements made about him in Facebook posts.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday held ‘engageMENt’, an event to observe International Men’s Day 2021.

There has been an increase in reports of rape in Region One (Barima-Waini) and this crime is often only reported when it results in pregnancy, according to Police Commander of Region One, Super-intendent Boodnarine Persaud.

A new water supply system was commissioned on Wednesday in Kamarang, Region Seven and over 700 persons are expected to benefit from a potable water supply for the first time.

The daughter of strangled security guard Indira Lall is claiming that the taxi driver who was the last person to see her mother alive refused to transport her to the hospital.

The truck driver who collided with a couple along the Caledonia Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Thursday, was trying to avoid hitting another vehicle.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Chinedu Emmanuel Aniekwe, who is being sought for questioning in connection with money laundering and operating a pyramid scheme.

Like many other students, 16-year-old Vishnu Surendra of Queenstown, Region Two, was balancing studies with his commitments outside of school as he prepared to write this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

The recently established Ahilia & Bish Panday Foundation has agreed to sponsor three students to pursue their studies at the University of Guyana (UG).

Sean Dos Santos and Stephon Howard yesterday both said that they are innocent of the charges levelled against them over the shooting and killing Abdool Fazal Saheed during a robbery at Freeman Street, East La Penitence just over four years ago.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC will on January 20, 2022 commence hearing the action filed by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and umbrella body the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), which are all contending that former President David Granger acted outside powers conferred under Section 21 of the Public Health Ordinance when he issued the first COVID-19 emergency measure back in March, 2020.

A labourer who admitted to stealing an electric fan was yesterday sentenced to two months in jail for the crime.

Two members of the Joint Services yesterday found themselves in court facing charges that they broke the law.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the deaths of three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of November 19, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Dutch company, SBM Offshore on Wednesday announced that it has been awarded contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Yellowtail oil extraction project offshore Guyana.