Guyana News

A police sergeant is currently in critical condition after he was struck down and run over on Tuesday night by a drunk driver along the East Bank Public Road at Peters Hall.

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities yesterday surpassed the 500 mark after four more deaths were reported.

A Festival City businessman who is facing multiple charges for allegedly obtaining money from persons by promising to import heavy-duty equipment for them has been remanded over more charges.

The Guyana Police Force has received legal advice for a charge to be brought against APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Annette Ferguson over a social media post she made in relation to a killing squad.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 13, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Parents of 814 students attending a cluster of schools received the `Because We Care Cash Grant’ at the Fisher Primary School, Essequibo Coast today.

For its first year of oil production, Guyana has been placed in the “weak” performance band of the Resource Governance Index (RGI), a report issued by the independent nonprofit Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) says.

The Ministry of Housing will this morning continue an exercise to deliver 400 house lots and 144 land titles and transports to residents of Region 10.

Melroy Moore of Phoenix, Leguan   on Monday appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of his uncle, Aubrey Jonas called ‘Badja’.

Region Ten is set to benefit from nearly $350 million in infrastructural works this year which includes the upgrading of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill.

Benjamin Marine and Salvage Services Inc., (BMSSI) has filed an action in the High Court against the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) which it says has illegally cancelled its quarry licence.

Two more COVID-19 deaths along with 53 new cases of the virus were yesterday reported.

The body found at the Pegasus Hotel foreshore yesterday has been identified as Vellone Thorne, the motorcyclist who was seen jumping from the western side of the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Sunday.

As the administration of Sputnik V second doses began yesterday, the health minister disclosed that there has been an increase in the number of persons at vaccination sites.

A miner was on Sunday night stabbed to death after an argument over the treatment of a fellow worker at Ithaki Backdam, Mazaruni River.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony announced yesterday that the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be shipped to Guyana in August.

A much-anticipated meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to debate motions for the dismissal of the Chief Election Officer (CEO), Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) and Returning Officer for Region 4 did not happen.

The captains of the two boats involved in the deadly crash in the Mazaruni River which claimed the lives of 10 persons back in 2013 are both contending that they should not be held culpable for the loss of lives because it was an accident.

Bids were last week Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for rehabilitation works to the Abary Farm Access Road in Region Six along with a number of other projects.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday dismissed a disturbing the peace charge against DJ Tony Bowen after she found that the charge was “bad in law.”