Guyana News

A policeman, who is accused of assaulting his wife, was charged and remanded to prison on Monday.

Adolph Joseph, also known as ‘Black Boy,’ who was wanted for questioning about the murder of Swan resident Roy Ross, was arrested in Mahdia on Sunday.

The Ministry of Health is monitoring COVID-19 hotspots in four administrative regions with the Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony stating that there has been an overall decline in cases.

A Berbice policeman died this morning moments after complaining of shortness of breath.

The Ministry of Health today said that as July 12, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

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.

Acting on information received, at 3 am today, a party of policemen went to a house in Pike Street, North Sophia, where on arrival the ranks cordoned off the house.

The Ministry of Agriculture will be spending $58 million on works at various shrimp ponds in Region Six in order to boost annual production to some 500,000 kilos by the end of the year.

Underscoring the importance of providing a safe, secure and confidential space for survivors of domestic violence to report complaints and seek protection from the courts, the Judiciary yesterday opened domestic violence interview and virtual hearing rooms at the Leonora and Wales Magistrate’s Courts.

A Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Enforcement Officer was stabbed to death outside of his Middleton Street, Campbellville residence in the wee hours of yesterday morning and his landlord’s son, who police say was responsible, has been arrested.

A 10-year-old boy drowned on Sunday in the Hope koker channel, on the East Coast of Demerara.

A toddler drowned on Sunday after she fell into a bucket of water at her Potsville, Kwakwani, Berbice River home.

Five more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 49 new cases of the virus.

After instructing that no response be given to questions surrounding the payment of the $3M reward which was offered by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for information on the murders of  Isaiah and Joel Henry, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie yesterday said allegations about money for  information in the case vanishing are “unfounded”.

After months of inactivity following a major controversy over its chairmanship, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament yesterday resumed examining the findings of the Auditor General’s Report for the year 2015.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday announced that Guyana has received a quantity of long-awaited Sputnik V second doses and that administration would begin from today.

Four children are currently hospitalised with COVID-19 and two of them are in intensive care, according to Minister of Health, Dr.

Following the conclusion of a retrial which was ordered by the Court of Appeal earlier this year, Randy Isaac was yesterday unanimously acquitted on charges of both murder and manslaughter for the 2013 Mashramani Day killing of Kumar Mohabir.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Fort Island Stelling.

William Roy Marshall, the alleged mastermind in the arson at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office at Wismar, Linden was yesterday released on $100,000 bail.