Guyana News

Even though it never replied to her letter in December last year, the government is “actively reviewing” recommendations by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) Michelle Bachelet and assessing ways it could partner with UN entities to strengthen its human rights agenda, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd says.

Heavy and consistent rainfall has left just over a dozen buildings in Eteringbang, Region Seven flooded. 

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the US$900 million gas-to-energy project should begin shortly after the Terms of Scope (ToS) for its conduct is issued to the consultants who will be facilitating the process.

A pedal cyclist from Albion, Corentyne died yesterday after he was struck by a car along the Nigg Village, Corentyne Public Road just around midday.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been granted an interim injunction barring the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from discussing a motion for his dismissal.

Two more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 57 new cases of the virus.

The driver involved in the accident at Mabura, Region Ten, that claimed the life of Pretipaul Jaigobin, on April 1, was on Wednesday charged with causing his death.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Laurel Samaroo, the man who was found dead in a fuel truck along the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, has found that he died as a result of bleeding in the brain caused by blunt trauma to the head.

The Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development yesterday commissioned a $120.9 million road at Phase Two Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.

A man brought before the court for sexual activity committed on a child has been remanded to prison.

The Guyana Police Force is awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed in the killing of Anthony Pakanram, who was stabbed by his former partner on Sunday.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that two men are at large following a shooting at Meadow Brook Gardens.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday continued to hear arguments both supporting and opposing its jurisdiction to hear the appeal filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC to the dismissal of one of its two petitions challenging the March 2nd, 2020 General Elections.

Fifty-seven-year-old Clyve Lewis, who is accused of exposing himself, was on Wednesday charged with the offence.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today said that as July 28, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says it is working to identify what led to a fire this morning at Lot 136, Fifth Street Alberttown, Georgetown which resulted in the deaths of foreign nationals 25-year-old Maria Lina Texidor Alonso and 44-year-old Maria Alejandra Patiño Benjamin.

One week after she was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), a 26-year-old first- time mother gave birth to the country’s third set of triplets to be delivered at the facility over the past six years.

An investment of US$200 to US$600 million has been proposed for the nearly 1,000-acre Best Village, West Bank of Demerara, oil and gas shore base development, a project summary by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states.

The two captains of the boats which crashed in the Mazaruni River back in 2013 claiming the lives of 10 persons, blamed each other for the collision when they led their respective defences yesterday.

The events that preceded her being shot by an intoxicated Karl Singh, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine, have left 25-year-old Gladys Benedict unsure if Singh had fired the gun intentionally.