Guyana News

The Police Service Commission (PSC) is determined to file a case against Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie for his continued refusal to effect the promotions announced last month.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday commissioned two long-reach excavators worth $64m for the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA).

Ongoing repair works on the Georgetown Municipal Abattoir may be completed by the end of the month.

A young mechanic who is facing two counts of armed robbery and two counts of discharging a loaded firearm was yesterday denied bail after two different addresses were provided to a court on his behalf.

Caribbean youth are being invited to submit project ideas on fighting the effects of climate change on the oceans,  according to a release yesterday from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

A woman has been released on $40,000 bail after she denied assaulting a police officer and behaving disorderly in a public place.

A youth was on Monday freed of one of the robbery charges pending against him after the virtual complainant was compensated for the articles stolen from her.

A Princes Street man has been granted bail after being charged with illegal possession of narcotics for trafficking.

One of the drivers involved in last Thursday’s collision at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, has been released on $20,000 station bail.

A woman was yesterday fined $10,000 for breaching the national curfew.

The report, “Santa Rosa battling new COVID surge, villager succumbs,” which was published in our July 11, 2021 edition, erroneously reported that Ruel Welcome (identified in the story as Ruel Phillips) succumbed due to COVID-19 amidst a wave of new infections.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 11, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Defence Force today issued the above statement over a post made on a social media.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony today announced that Sputnik V second doses have arrived in the country.

Dwayne Daniel Taitt,  24, an Enforcement Officer at the Guyana Revenue Authority and of Lot 2 Middleton Street, Campbelville was this morning fatally stabbed and the suspect is in custody.

The Government of Guyana (GOG) is seeking investors for all aspects of its controversial US$900m gas-to-shore project which is to be located at Wales, West Bank Demerara.

Still without a regular marketer for oil since production began in December 2019, Guyana has for the third time tendered in its search but this time has not made the requirements public or stated for how long the service will be needed.

A search was made yesterday for a 35-year-old motorcyclist who was seen jumping from the western side of the Demerara Harbour Bridge but there was no sighting up to press time.

As vendors celebrate their 24th anniversary on the Merriman Mall in Bourda, Georgetown they are hopeful of improvements like security, access to water and restroom facilities.

The body of a man discovered last Wednesday night lying naked along the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road with lacerations to his head and body has been identified.