Guyana News

A youth was on Friday sentenced to 30 months behind bars after he pleaded guilty to using a cigarette lighter to burn a two-year-old girl.

Still committed to retrieving the over $1 billion owed by the Panamanian government to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for rice sold to the country, Minister of Agricultural Zulfikar has requested the assistance of Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd to spearhead talks.

Topping up his phone with $1000 or more Digicel credit everyday saw Coldingen resident, Mahendra Samar, being the first person to win a new Toyota Rush SUV as part of the Digicel’s Guyana ‘Summa Rush’ promotion yesterday.

A Mon Repos man has been reported missing by his family, which has not heard from him for nearly three months.

The Guyana Police Force is yet to make an arrest over the murder of Venezuelan national Ilan Antonio Singh, who was found dead in an alleyway behind SleepIn Hotel on Church Street one week ago.

The Region Two Administration is working assiduously to upgrade dumpsites in order to improve solid waste management within the region, according to the Regional Vice-Chairman Humace Oodit.

Residents of Monkey Mountain and nearby communities in Region Eight will soon be able to access the bridge and foot trail to Mountain Foot, which are set for $7.1 million in repairs, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on Saturday.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today announced that the eligibility deadline qualifying new entrants into the public education system for the Government’s Because We Care cash grant has been extended to July 31, 2021.

The Ministry of Health today said that as August 06, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony says that the National COVID-19 Task Force will be visiting ministries and government agencies to ensure that recently announced emergency protocols are being followed.

The woman who is accused of planning the robbery that left overseas-based Guyanese Hemraj Pardesi dead yesterday turned herself into police custody, while a bulletin has been issued for the man who allegedly committed the killing.

Police have arrested a man who is suspected to be one of the three bandits who carried out the daring robbery at Wallison Enterprise in Kitty on Thursday and escaped with almost $60 million in cash and raw gold.

The Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday signed contracts totalling $163 million for the construction of 25 core homes and over 100 home improvement projects at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

In the face of growing attempts by the Irfaan Ali administration to coerce government workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday condemned the moves as discriminatory, while saying that the decision to get inoculated must be voluntary.

Scores of roadside vendors at Anna Regina yesterday defied official notices for them to relocate, setting up a potential showdown with the Town Council as Mayor Rajendra Prabhulall said their stalls would be dismantled.

A 95-year-old woman from Region Four was on Friday confirmed to be the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality, while 54 new cases of the virus were also recorded.

Post-mortem examinations conducted on the remains of the two men who were found dead at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, on Thursday, have found that they each died due to blunt force trauma to the head.

A body was yesterday discovered under a tree at the backdam of Rising Sun, West Coast Berbice.

A man was on Friday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge after the court heard that he allegedly fired a shot in the direction of his daughter and her friend, wounding the latter, who has a bullet lodged in her chest.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday announced new entry requirements for visitors, who are now required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, except for those seeking emergency attention.