Guyana News

Diagnosed with the largest arteriovenous malformation (AVM) locally, Police Corporal Amit Bacchus is in urgent need of a lifesaving surgery and is seeking the public’s assistance in raising funds to have the procedure done.

Police are now searching for two men who robbed a policeman of his motorcycle on Friday evening at Spurwing Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

A Rupununi youth is now in police custody after he stabbed his neighbours following a drunken argument. 

Police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old man after finding a quantity of cocaine and cannabis near him during a mass stop and search operation on the East Coast.

The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Education will begin the handing over of the “Because We Care” Cash Grant and the School Uniform and Supplies Grant to children in the public school system on July 15, 2021.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 09, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Days after they were arrested, three men who are accused of setting fire to a building which housed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office at Wismar, Linden almost a year ago were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with the crime.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday denied claims that William Roy Marshall, the Linden resident who is a suspect in last year’s torching of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Registration Office at Wismar, was “abducted” from his home by unidentified law enforcers. 

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has moved to the High Court in a bid to bar government-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Sase Gunraj and Bibi Shadick from voting on the motion seeking to dismiss him.

Two sisters died within days of each other late last month after contracting the novel coronavirus.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) on Friday disclosed that it had forced 10 water refilling businesses in Georgetown and its environs to suspend their operations after samples submitted for sanitation and safety tests were found to be unsatisfactory.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported three more COVID-19 deaths that occurred over the preceding two days along with 77 new cases of the virus.

ExxonMobil and the EPA were yesterday buffeted with questions at a public meeting as to why a gas-to-shore energy project was being undertaken when renewable fuels could provide the same output without damaging the environment and worsening climate change.

While the seasonal rains are predicted to continue for a while longer, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Friday reported that flood waters have “significantly” receded in several affected communities around the country.

Michael Kendall, the police officer who was charged with the rape of a child, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the offence before a judge and jury.

Over the next few months the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will meet twice weekly in an attempt to clear its four-year backlog, new Chairman Jermaine Figueira has said.

A truck driver who accidentally ran over a man on Monday night at Hope West, Enmore Access Road, East Coast Demerara, was on Thursday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and released on $500,000 bail The accused, Tillackram Dindial, 34, of Lot 21 Hope West, Enmore, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where he was read the charge.

A miner was on Thursday sentenced to 24 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to having just over a pound of cannabis in his possession for trafficking.

A local disc jockey was on Friday charged with disturbing the peace by playing loud music.

A man was rescued by public-spirited citizens from being bludgeoned by a gang of men near the city magistrates’ courts on Thursday.