Guyana News

A Linden man was on Friday charged with firing a gun at another man.

Gladwin Henry is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Haresh Singh on 2020-09-09, according to a bulletin today from the Guyana Police Force.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 24, 2021, another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The European Union (EU) is allocating EURO 150,000 ($36m) in humanitarian funding in support of people affected by the recent wave of intense floods across Guyana.

A youth was this morning killed by his brother following a misunderstanding between them at Cummings Street, Georgetown.

President Irfaan Ali has officially revoked the order under the Immigration Act that allowed Haitian nationals visa-free travel to Guyana.

As investigations into the murder of Haresh Singh of West Coast Berbice continues, investigators from the Major Crimes Unit have arrested three persons.

A fire, suspected to have been started by arsonists, completely gutted two buildings and damaged another at the corner of D’Urban and George streets, Werk-en-Rust, early yesterday morning.

Mark D’Oliveira was yesterday charged with the murder of Kwal Dindon, who was stabbed following an altercation at a birthday party at Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, Georgetown last weekend.

The remaining shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the World Health Organisation’s COVAX facility has been delayed according to the Minister of Health while noting that the authorities have seen a decline in turnout for the first doses.

A Corentyne rice farmer recently took his own life after he was unable to fulfill his debts due to the increased flooding in his savannah, which left his family in need of support.

The High Commission of Canada in Guyana yesterday signed an agreement with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to donate $8.484 million (Cdn$50,000) towards the purchase of emergency flood relief for the hardest-hit areas in Guyana.

As thousands of Guyanese continue to battle floodwaters throughout the country, rice farmers within the Number 52/74 Neighbourhood Democratic Council on the Corentyne are pleading with the government for financial help since most of them are presently several millions of dollars in debt and are unable to make any payments on their own due to the losses they have suffered.

Attorney-at-Law Excellence Dazzell has responded to articles published over the last two days which she said inaccurately cite breach of contract as the reason she resigned from her post as Legal Officer/Secretary of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

The University of Guyana (UG) and the Caribbean Oceanography Aquaculture and Subsea Technology (COAST) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the establishment of a Subsea Centre of Excellence training facility which will be the first of its kind at a university in the Caribbean.

Four new COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 206 new cases of the virus.

John Fernandes Limited yesterday announced that an inquiry is underway into an incident at the  company’s Water Street wharf this week where a truck driver died.

Central Executive Committee member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Thandi McAllister has withdrawn her membership from the party, saying, among other things, that the present leadership is ill-suited to “fulfillment of the aspirations of young people in Guyana…” In a press statement, McAllister, who was also the Chairperson for the party’s Region Three arm, said that she withdrew her membership on June 15th.

A chainsaw operator died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell while at Aurora Grant Backdam, Essequibo Coast.

The police have arrested the suspect accused of killing Shane Blake, who died on Tuesday morning after he was shot in his chest at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River.