Guyana News

Approximately 15 persons who were assumed to be abandoned by their families and left at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are now staying at homes around Georgetown.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) recently entered into an agreement with the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Suriname Trade and Industry Association (STIA) in order to enhance trade and cooperation.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says it is addressing water supply issues on Great Truli Island, Essequibo River.

A Rural Constable is currently in custody after he was involved in an accident that left another man suffering from internal bleeding.

A 60-year-old man is currently hospitalised with bro- ken legs after he was struck down by an unknown driver during a hit-and-run in the wee hours of Friday morning.

A three-year-old boy was on Thursday struck down by a motorcyclist while crossing the Hole Public Road at Matthews Ridge, North West District. 

A Linden driver was on Wednesday fined for assault and remanded to prison on charges of exposure of his genitals.

A young man was on Wednesday placed on $150,000 bail after being charged with rape of a child under 16 years.

The Guyana Revenue Authority today said that as of Monday, August 9th   it will be implementing the new gazetted  regulations for COVID-19 and those  without a vaccination card will have to make an appointment for service.

Two mining camp workers were yesterday found dead in their hammocks at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River.

Three armed bandits posing as customers yesterday carried out a daring robbery at a Gordon Street, Kitty gold establishment and escaped with over $50M worth in cash and raw gold.

When 39-year-old Tanesha Fredericks started working at a local subsidiary of Trinidad Oil Company – Centipede Offshore (Guyana) Inc, she had no idea that several months later she would be unable to turn on a tap because of the injuries she would sustain as a result of handling toxic chemicals and cleaning agents without proper gloves.

One of the two men who were recently freed of murdering West Berbice teenager Isaiah Henry was yesterday re-charged while his co-accused is also expected to face the court again.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K.A Juman-Yassin yesterday said that the “buck stops with him” over the predominantly red uniforms worn by Guyana’s competitors at the Tokyo Olympics.,

Two women from Region Five are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities and 84 new cases of the virus have been reported.

Detectives in Region Six are intensifying the hunt for the female mastermind and her male accomplice in connection with the murder of Hemraj Pardesi of Reliance Settlement, East Canje, Berbice His body was discovered in his yard during the wee hours of Wednesday.

Guyana has joined the Media Freedom Coalition. The British High Commission and the High Commission of Canada stated in a joint release yesterday that the two countries on Tuesday officially welcomed Guyana as a member of the Media Freedom Coalition.

Mayor of the Town of Anna Regina, Rajendra Prabhulall, is maintaining that there will be no roadside vending from today and all vendors will be relocated to the Bush Lot market at Cotton Field.

An inquest has been ordered by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine the circumstances of the death of Anthony Pakanram, who was fatally stabbed at Providence over a week ago.

A post-mortem examination conducted on thirty-two-year-old Venezuelan national, Ilan Antonio Singh who was found in the alleyway aback of SleepIn Hotel on Church Street has ruled that the hotdog vendor died as a result of blunt trauma to his head and strangulation.