Guyana News

Guyana’s death toll from the novel coronavirus has increased to 355 following the confirmation of four more fatalities, which occurred on Thursday and Friday.

While urging citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said government is not considering a lockdown to address the continued rise in cases as he contended that there is no empirical evidence that they work.  

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday encouraged all Guyanese to take every precaution against contracting COVID19, including taking the available vaccines.

“Kaimana’o kasarai wuru’u pidan dakatakinaowaz, ukaminka’uta pugaru na’iki ukazannaatan nii pugaru rinai  koroonaa  vairos ai.”

As United Kingdom-based company Valiant Business Media (VBM) prepares to host the third Guyana Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX) summit virtually next month, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that government would not be participating, citing concerns about inadequate local content initiatives and accusing the organisers of ties to the opposition.

The Giftland Group of companies on Saturday apologized to its customers for selling items branded with the prejudicial phrase “All Lives Matter.”

A pedal cyclist is now suffering from broken ribs and a punctured lung after he was involved in an accident along the Foulis Railway Embankment, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

The Ministry of Public Works on Friday advised the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring tides period of May 23, 2021 to May 29, 2021.

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

Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) on Thursday complained that only a small percentage of state contracts are going to its contractors.

A draft of proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act should be completed by the end of next month after which the opposition and citizens will be able to make inputs. 

After filing lawsuits against the principals of Cevons, Car Care and Courtney Benn, the government yesterday announced that it will settle with all three parties but vowed to pursue public officers who might have transgressed.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday confirmed that the plane that crash landed in a savannah in Orealla on Thursday was found with 453 kilogrammes (equivalent to 998 pounds) of suspected cocaine aboard.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were on Friday recorded along with 160 new cases of the virus.

With the latest COVID-19 infections predominant among adults ages 18 to 39, Minister of Health Dr.

Confirming that schools will remain closed for the remainder of the current term, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Friday signalled that the resumption of face-to-face learning in September would likely hang on whether enough persons are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Three Berbice ranks from the Upper Corentyne area are currently being questioned after they were accused of stealing over $20 million from a Chinese national they intercepted earlier in the week for illegally entering Guyana.

Relatives and friends of Peter Headley, the robbery accused who was killed by a police officer last weekend, held a protest outside of the Ministry of Home Affairs Brickdam on Friday over the apparent “inaction” in the investigation.

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Paul Slowe will be “vigorously” defending the fraud and sexual assault charges levelled against him, which his lawyer says are based on false allegations.

As many as eight houses located at Zorg-en-Hoop, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, were damaged by the heavy winds during a freak storm on Thursday afternoon.