Guyana News

A taxi driver was on Thursday arrested after being found with over 11 pounds of imported marijuana.

Floodwaters that severely affected just over ten homes in Eteringbang, Region Seven, have started to recede.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Friday made contributions to 44 groups to assist them with their emancipation celebrations.

A Berbice pensioner, who was seriously injured when he collided with a pick-up truck along the Fort Ordnance Public Road, has died. 

Rochino Maison, the Lindener who chopped a man  who attempted to rescue a woman from him at Kara Kara, Mackenzie, was on Thursday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge.

A woman was yesterday ordered to serve six months of community service after she admitted to stealing cellphones and money, which she said she did to provide food for her children.

The first controlled surgery on a hemophilia patient was recently conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), with the recipient of the procedure expected to make a full recovery.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Friday confirmed the discovery of 86 new COVID-19 cases after some 1,300 tests were done.

Two men who were on Thursday released on bail after they denied cultivating a prohibited plant and possession of narcotics charges.

A businessman was yesterday charged with obtaining money by false pretense from the owner of Sanjay’s Jewellery. 

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is now utilising the services of a number of funeral homes across the country to store the remains of individuals whose deaths are the subject of police investigations.

The township of Mabaruma, and the community of Port Kaituma in Region One will be the beneficiaries of an upcoming medical outreach organized by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana in collaboration with several other organisations.

The Guyana Police Force is currently making attempts to find the proprietor of a Plaisance, East Coast Demerara shop, where a revolver and matching ammunition were found.

A 56-year-old Leguan man is currently in police custody after police discovered 13 grammes of cocaine on his premises.

From August 1st, members of the public who wish to visit a ministry or a government agency for a service will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or if they are not vaccinated they will have to make an appointment.

After being shut for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, cinemas can now reopen at 40% capacity for fully vaccinated persons.

Over 250,000 persons have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Ministry of Health reported today on its Facebook page.

(Business Wire) Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced estimated second-quarter 2021 earnings of US$4.7 billion, or US$1.10 per share assuming dilution, compared with a loss of US$1.1 billion in the second quarter of 2020.

(Trinidad Guardian) As part of the phased introduction of its commercial schedule, from August 06, Caribbean Airlines says it will begin non-stop service between Trinidad (POS) and Antigua, as well as PoS and Ogle, Guyana.

Two Venezuelans perished yesterday morning after a fire, suspected to have been caused by an unattended stove, gutted an Alberttown, Georgetown apartment building.