Guyana News

The Ministry of Labour on Friday commissioned a Labour Office at Anna Regina, Pomeroon-Supenaam.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Kenrick Trim, who was found dead a short distance away from his car in Ogle, confirmed his cause of death as being due to stab wounds.

Lindener Waletta Rigby, who went missing two weeks ago after the boat she was travelling in capsized in the Takutu River, is still to be found.

The police are searching for a man who chopped a cyclist during an argument on Thursday at Lalli Dam Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

With the opening of the borders of Trinidad and Tobago set for July 17, 2021, Caribbean Airlines today revealed its commercial flight schedule.

The Guyana Police Force  says that six of the  nine alleged alibi witnesses for Gladson Henry, who has been charged with the murder of Haresh Singh, were arrested today by the police having been brought in to CID Headquarters,  Eve Leary, by their Attorney.

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of July 01, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Residents of the Three Friends and Maria Elizabeth communities in Region Ten came together recently to construct a bridge across the divide created by the flash flood they suffered recently.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF)  yesterday denied allegations that it failed to properly investigate an alibi provided for Glaston Henry (aka Gladwin Henry), one of four persons charged this week with the murder of Haresh Singh in September last year.

Describing the flooding disaster as the worst in the community’s history, the Toshao of Moraikobai, Derrick John yesterday said that they are once again expecting the water to rise despite it having significantly receded over the last few days.

A West Coast Berbice woman was discovered dead in her house around 7.30 am yesterday with multiple chop injuries about her body and her son has since been arrested.

While affirming the convictions of murder and manslaughter in the killing of his two cousins, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday reduced Abdul Budhoo’s sentence from what was a combined total of 62 years to 30 years instead.

Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers has filed a $150,000,000 suit against Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and the News Room for what she said were libelous statements he made against her more than a year ago, through that news entity.

This final column of this mini-series examining the financial statements of the three Contractors under the 2016 Petroleum Agreement, reviews their balance sheets, sometimes referred to as statement of affairs, as at December 31, 2020.

Four more COVID-19 fatalities were added yesterday to June’s toll and as a result increased the total number of deaths in the country to 473.

ExxonMobil on Wednesday reported progress on the installation of a repaired component of the third stage flash gas compressor on the Liza Destiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, and announced that it has applied for approval to flare above pilot levels for equipment testing.

Eight bidders from around the world have been shortlisted to build the proposed Corentyne River bridge linking Guyana to Suriname.

Flood-hit communities in Region Five (Mahaica-West Berbice) have seen some improvement with water levels dropping but residents say it will be months before their lives return to normal.

As floodwaters continue to recede in Kwakwani and surrounding communities in Region Ten, regional health authorities are monitoring for water-borne diseases, Regional Chairman Deron Adams reported yesterday.

Guyana has retained its Tier 1 ranking for its efforts in combatting human trafficking for the fifth consecutive year with an anti-trafficking hotline in Spanish (the first of its kind in the country), and a total of 204 victims identified and given government assistance.