Guyana News

Long-serving Administrator of the National Cultural Centre Daphne Rogers died on Sunday morning after an almost year-long battle with breast cancer, according to her foster daughter.

Photos by Orlando Charles Frustration continued to grow yesterday among farmers of Grass Hook and Big Biaboo, Mahaica River, as floodwater continues to rise, threatening the survival of their remaining crops and livestock.

Close to 199,000 persons have so far received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine even as the health minister yesterday appealed for those vaccinated to come forward for their second dose.

Veteran journalist and entrepreneur Mondale Smith died yesterday after a battle with COVID-19.

While saying that flooding could not have been avoided in Georgetown due to the amount of rainfall that has occurred, City Engineer Colvern Venture has maintained that the City Council did not neglect its responsibilities in minimizing the impact.

A motorcyclist has been placed on bail after being charged with causing the death of a man in an accident in February on the Rupert Craig Highway.

The Ministry of Health yesterday announced that four new COVID-19 deaths occurred between May 29 and 30.

Even as concerns have been raised by Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) residents about approval being granted for the setting up of a waste treatment facility in the village, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that approval was also given to another company for the storage of a radioactive source at Coverden, also on the East Bank.

Guyana is expected to receive approximately 150,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine next month.

Two families from Sideline Dam, Middle Road, La Penitence, are now seeking help after a tree fell and destroyed their homes during a heavy downpour on Sunday morning.

Former Great Diamond resident Alvin Calder, who was earlier this year convicted of the 2007 shooting death of Mahdia gold miner Joseph Willy, was on Friday last sentenced to 10 years, 11 months behind bars.

Clyde Watson, 36, the radio DJ who was charged in April with stabbing the selector for his show, was yesterday freed of a malicious wounding charge after agreeing to pay compensation.

Boat operator Tony Rampersaud now awaits sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted him of manslaughter for the 2016 killing of Venezuelan national Henry Mendonca.

One of the two suspects who are currently being sought by the police in relation to the murder of Ronald Omar Smith during a robbery on Camp Street last Friday is known to the police.

Toka, Region 9, which has a population of approximately 300 persons will soon have a new water well in their village, a release yesterday from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) said.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is urging residents along the Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers, Region 7 to immediately move to higher ground due to current and anticipated rainfall and mudslides.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of May 30, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Veteran journalist, media personality and Chef Mondale Smith, 45, is the country’s most recent COVID-19 fatality The Ministry of Health has confirmed that Smith who was admitted to the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) last week has passed due to varying complications.

The police today reported that suspected cannabis was found in frozen chicken on Saturday at the 70 Km Police Checkpoint,   Region 7, Cuyuni/Mazaruni.

Amid chronic flooding in many parts of the country, the Civil Defence Commission today issued an appeal for relief items including beds, long boots and transportation.