Guyana News

Three former employees of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), who were sacked late last month, are expected to be paid their full benefits.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that three men are now wanted after they robbed a Rockstone businesswoman on Friday night.

Elected members of the PNCR Central Executive Committee today defended party leader David Granger from an attack by other members of the executive.

Retired Justice of Appeal B S Roy has been named to head the Law Reform Commission.

The family of cancer patient Roll David thought the 16-year-old had escaped the worst after beating COVID-19 back in January but the teen died on Thursday after becoming re-infected with the virus.

Saying there is a high possibility that COVID-19 variants are already in Guyana, Minister of Health Dr.

Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence has endorsed a statement issued by members of the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC)  critisising  party leader David Granger and General Secretary Amna Ally for ignoring collective decisions.

In the wake of debilitating flooding, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has slashed its projected annual output and the entire Albion estate cultivation remains inundated.

After being told by the Ministry of Public Service that it will not meet with the union within the stipulated timeline on wage negotiations, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has officially complained to the Chair of the Trade Union Recognition Board Dr Nanda Gopaul and called for government to be appropriately sanctioned.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported one new COVID-19 fatality along with 77 new infections.

Effective from Monday, July 19, all members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who have not received both doses of their COVID-19 vaccine will be required to produce a negative test result every two weeks.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Annette Ferguson was yesterday released on her own recognisance after being faced with a cybercrime charge over a recent Facebook post.

A miner was yesterday charged with the murder of Damion Williams, who was stabbed to death at Ithaki Backdam, Mazaruni River on Sunday.

A second suspect was remanded to prison on Thursday for the murder of Roy Ross, who was found dead at his Swan Village residence in April.

A Castello Housing Scheme businesswoman and a shopkeeper were yesterday arrested after police reported that they found them with a gun and two live rounds.

Damon Assanah, also known as ‘Devil,’ who has been sentenced to 18 years for raping a 13-year-old girl whom he also impregnated, is appealing his conviction and the sentence, which he contends is too severe.

Advancing that his attorney poorly represented him at a trial which he also contends was unfair, Abishai Caesar who has been sentenced to death for the 2012 murders of Anna Catherina businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her two sons has filed an appeal.

Albert Perreira, the Berbice policeman who died after collapsing on Tuesday morning moments after complaining of shortness of breath, died due to a cerebral edema compounded by hypertension, according to an autopsy that was conducted on Friday.

The Regional Chairman of Region Six David Armogan on Thursday announced that the government in collaboration with the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) is completing a new mortuary in the compound of the National Psychiatric Hospital.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a US$34.1 million Biodiversity Mainstreaming project that is expected to improve the environmental management of small-scale gold mining in Guyana.