Guyana News

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton has warned that stricter penalties are coming for those employers who breach the labour laws.

Prime Ministe Mark Phillips yesterday received a courtesy visit from the President of the National Bar Association of the United States of America, Carlos Moore and a delegation from that organisation.

Five years after the Auditor General’s office unearthed massive financial breaches in the procurement of dietary supplies for Region Eight, the Guyana Police Force is still to institute charges, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard on Monday.

The Ministry of Public Works on November 15, 2021 hosted a visit in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works of Suriname to the proposed site for the Corentyne River Bridge.

The risk to various parts of the Caribbean from an oil spill from ExxonMobil’s planned development at Yellowtail was raised during the most recent consultation on the project.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were yesterday recorded along with 44 new cases.

Following various efforts by former Executive Director of NICIL, Winston Brassington to garnish the almost $40 million in damages he has won in judgments against the Kaieteur News (KN), the newspaper has finally agreed to voluntarily pay off the outstanding balance of some $18 million.

A total of four farms with approximately one hundred and twenty thousand cannabis sativa plants ranging from one foot to six feet in height, were discovered along with one camp and drying area yesterday at Fort Nassau on the Berbice River, the police say.

The Ministry of Health today said that as November 15, 2021, two more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament says that the failure of the government to undertake an audit of US$9.5b in ExxonMobil’s expenditure is a glaring example of its real position on transparency, accountability and good governance.

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has given the green light for the immediate reopening of the Guyana-Brazil crossing from Mondays to Fridays.

Aimed at reassuring citizens and overseas visitors that it’s safe to go about their activities during the upcoming holiday season, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday unveiled its Christmas policing plan which will see Georgetown being divided into fifteen sectors with day and night patrols.

The Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block, approximately 126 miles offshore Guyana, is the fourth project being undertaken by ExxonMobil and its partners and it is the first development that the Government of Guyana is pushing for specific oil spill insurance on.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

Citing the new COVID-19 vaccine requirement, residents from the hinterland regions are calling for something to be done so that they can travel from their areas.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday said that a 2014 disciplinary incident involving its former MP Vanessa Kissoon had seen decisions made collectively and with due process.

The trial of Neville Chandrawattie who is accused of the 2007 murder of gold and diamond dealer Dharam Chanmangra, is set to commence next Wednesday—November 17th—at the High Court in Demerara.

Just over half of Guyana’s adults are fully vaccinated, as the country’s COVID-19 inoculation programme continues.

Four Lindeners were yesterday charged with unlawful wounding and assault following a melee on Hadfield Street.

Weeks after a Brazilian national was fatally stabbed during an argument in Region One, the police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for his alleged killer.