Guyana News

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 16, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today issued a release which stated that it had been told by its counterpart law enforcement agency in the United States that a complaint against Attorney General Anil Nandlall had been dismissed as “frivolous and vexatious”.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that a pornographic video circulating on social media and purporting to have been shot at one of its locations actually originated from a vaccination centre in San Jose, Costa Rica.

President Irfaan Ali last night announced an additional $2.6b in relief  for society’s most vulnerable which includes a $25,000 one-off grant to all old age pensioners, public assistance recipients and persons living with disabilities along with one month’s free electricity to more than 40,000 households.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Secu-rity yesterday launched the country’s first ever business incubator dedicated to women.

Twenty-year-old Mahendra Deopaul died on Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle in an attempt to escape from the police.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced that a bank account has been established to mobilise relief for earthquake-hit Haiti.

A 19-year-old was on Sunday killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Kairuni Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Keon McPherson, the man who was found dead at ‘C’ Field, Sophia on Sunday, died as a result of a gunshot injury, which he is believed to have gotten in an ambush.

A 32-year-old Moruca, Region One woman said she was forced to deliver her own child more than two weeks ago after she was allegedly neglected while in labour at the Suddie Hospital.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 14 new cases of the virus.

President Irfaan Ali has labelled an opposition backed “anti-racism” rally held in New York over the weekend as deceitful.

Some residents of communities in Region Nine yesterday staged a protest against the recently implemented vaccination requirements in the region.

Lindener Michael Emanuel was yesterday afternoon freed of the charge of murdering Wismar mason Leonard Peters, after Justice Sandil Kissoon upheld a no-case submission which his attorney made. 

Residents and visitors have said that flooding at Eteringbang in Region Seven is the deepest it has been for a long time following torrential rains.

Former Guyana High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago and one-time Chairman of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Bishwaishwar ‘Cammie’ Ramsaroop has died.

Telephone company, GTT has begun a vaccination recognition drive among its staff which will see fully vaccinated employees being eligible to receive various awards.

A man was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 after he was charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The Guyana Court of Appeal has given child rapist Mark Campbell the next two weeks to retain a lawyer or he will have to represent himself in the challenge to his convictions and the two life sentences he is currently serving.

A woman accused of trying to scam two persons by selling them a car that she could not deliver was yesterday faced with two charges in a city court.