Follow INews Guyana, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/inews-guyana Fri, 01 Jul 2022 22:53:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnAemaH_W_qci3FFO_xyF25 The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) was today sworn-in by President Dr Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President. The PPC is a five-member commission but only four persons took the oath to serve for the next three years. They include Financial Analyst, Joel Bhagwandin; former Chairman of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 22:52:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnAemaH_W_qci3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HluGQoPlFP6fKrkJyTkC_2b Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips, held a meeting on Thursday afternoon with residents of Golden Grove on the East Coast of Demerara to discuss their safety and security concerns. The meeting served as part of the Government’s continued efforts to address riotous actions that resulted in looting, bodily injuries and damage to vehicles on […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 17:34:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HluGQoPlFP6fKrkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnWCJye0Eje7nOFESPuQWsX   Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Slowe has lodged an action at the Demerara High Court in which he is seeking to block the recently reconstituted Police Service Commission (PSC) from promoting or publishing a promotions list of officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). Through his lawyers Dexter Todd and Selwyn Pieters, Slowe, […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:46:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnWCJye0Eje7nOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnWCJye0Eje7kZPHFZJLI3I China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has finally completed extended works that were agreed upon with Government at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), in keeping with the deadline of June 30. An extension to the structure will now enable larger aircraft to enter Guyana, creating additional benefits for travellers. Public Works Minister Juan Edghill conducted […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:43:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnWCJye0Eje7kZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnWCJye0Eje7qgHTd9OkkKt United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch on Thursday announced that the American Government is committing to deliver as many Pfizer vaccines that Guyana needs to vaccinate the population. She made these remarks at an event organised to celebrate the 246th Independence anniversary of the US and 56 years of bilateral relationship between the US and Guyana. […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:39:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnWCJye0Eje7qgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnZKWRwEQKXyheIF_fEM9tn     Addressing transnational crime and drug trafficking is a high-priority area in which the United States and Guyana should seek to deepen their collaboration and ties, President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced. He made these remarks during the United States of America’s Independence Day observance, hosted by Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch on Thursday evening. The […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:36:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnZKWRwEQKXyheIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hlke570eMOWjwm0QkxGtqLL A taxi driver from Tucville, Georgetown has been jailed for 11 years for rape and assault. Thurston Semple, 37, preyed on a vulnerable sex worker in February of 2021, agreeing to have sex with the Venezuelan national for $10,000. He was found guilty of the offence on March 25, following a trial before Justice Priya […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:38:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hlke570eMOWjwm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hlke570eMOWj7kdRKkm2PJP Well, well, well!! Is anyone surprised that during new Opposition-backed protests, riots broke out against Indian Guyanese on the East Coast yesterday?? Ever since Aug 2 – when David Granger decided he couldn’t stop the tide – wasn’t every issue that could be tweaked – or twisted!! – to suggest some link with the PPP […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:29:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hlke570eMOWj7kdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkNoT-IPQzmqKvLeqE6yv18 Three days after a woman and her two teenage daughters were stabbed at their south Ottawa home — killing two of them — a clearer picture of the family is beginning to surface. Anne-Marie Ready, who worked at Global Affairs Canada, was killed in the Monday night attack at the house she owned on Anoka […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:01:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkNoT-IPQzmqKvLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkzutTGWaTc8GFk24e89-qg The driver in the vehicle that was involved the fatal accident along the Mandela Avenue, Georgetown on Wednesday has been released from police custody. This was confirmed by spokesperson of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Mark Ramotar who noted that “the female driver was released on $100,000 bail.” The accident, which occurred at around 15:20h, […]]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:17:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkzutTGWaTc8GFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hls8zAzvpaNOqvLeqE6yv18 The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,254. The fatality is a 71-year-old male from Region Four with unknown vaccination status. In addition, new statistics released by the ministry proved […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:50:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hls8zAzvpaNOqvLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkGgBmisW_2skoy9CZgXDJO The body of an 87-year-old woman was on Thursday discovered in the bottom flat of a two-storey wooden building at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The woman has since been identified as ‘Agnes’ who reportedly lived alone. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, when contacted, confirmed that the woman’s body bore several injuries. He, however, stated […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:29:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkGgBmisW_2skoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HmZ0Sanvfjf_H-fx8LWuXng Detectives in Regional Division #6 are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 29-year-old Donalesa Park of No. 2 Village, East Canje, Berbice whose body was found at about 07:00h on Thursday at Courtland Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. According to Donalesa’s sister, she last saw her sibling alive on June 29, 2022, at about […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:22:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HmZ0Sanvfjf_H-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hk3GYcytz13NGnhpmeYcemU The body of 29-year-old Donalisa Parks, a hairdresser who had been missing, was today found in a bag at Number One Village Public Road, Canje, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). The mother of one, who resided at Canje, went missing last night after she left home to go conduct some business. Detectives are currently processing […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:01:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hk3GYcytz13NGnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hla_9KgmgxRJe4sICfMfkNm Sixteen persons have been slapped with riotous behaviour charges under Section 136 (b) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:02. The 16 accused all appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Wednesday when the charges were read to them. Fifteen of the 16 persons pleaded not guilty while […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:06:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hla_9KgmgxRJe4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hla_9KgmgxRJabel3Iu4GjH After a trial on Tuesday, Devon Welcome has been found guilty by a jury of raping a four-year-old girl. The Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) man was on trial for the offence before Berbice High Court Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall. He had initially denied the charge, which stated that he engaged in sexual penetration of a child […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:59:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_Hla_9KgmgxRJabel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkgpQMwZSoklO-bbeigX9oC We just witnessed, in Grenada, democracy in action that few who know their history of the late seventies would’ve thought possible. That was a time of radical progressive leftist uprisings against the status quo’s dictatorial and authoritarian rulers, like Gairy there and Burnham here – who’d simply taken over the colonial mantle. In 1979, Maurice […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:27:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HkgpQMwZSoklO-bbeigX9oC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnM8e8ALdfORXtuT6pSmY81 A woman is now dead while a man is seriously injured following an accident which occurred this afternoon along Mandela Avenue, Georgetown – opposite the Wings and Things restaurant. The man was the rider of a motorcycle with the woman as the pillion rider. Their identities are not known at the moment. They were struck […]]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:21:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnM8e8ALdfORXtuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnkBvYatNn_6rG7Iy_4u0x9 The man who was captured on camera making a threat to end the life of President Dr Irfaan Ali has been arrested, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has confirmed. The suspect, who was arrested last evening, has been identified as 35-year-old Marvin Richmond also known as “Wakie” of Sealey Street, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara […]]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:57:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnkBvYatNn_6rG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnkBvYatNn_6mnhpmeYcemU Two ground staff attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last evening received minor injuries about their bodies after a coworker accidentally released the tailcone of a plane which fell on them. The plane involved is registered to World Atlantic Airlines that was contracted by Surinam Airways. Reports are that a ground staff mistakenly […]]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:45:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xFs-7XGS_HnkBvYatNn_6mnhpmeYcemU