Guyana News

A 19-year-old Corentyne lad is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by his father who is presently on the run.

A 30-year-old miner died on Tuesday morning after he was shot in his chest by a man at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River in Region Seven.

Five local companies yesterday received short-term trade financing assistance under a US$7m facility established between the IDB and Demerara Bank Limited (DBL).

Permission has been granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a two-acre wharf at Eccles, East Bank Demerara to be developed by Timur Mohamed of TKK Properties Inc.

A Canefield man pleaded guilty to assaulting a 17-year-old girl when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and he will return to court at the end of the month for sentencing.

Another 86,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines have been ordered by the health ministry to continue the ongoing vaccination programme.

A 44-year-old father of three was on Tuesday found dead after his car slipped into the outfall at the Abary River, Mahaica-West Berbice on Monday.

A porter who is accused of stealing a purse from a US military officer was yesterday remanded after denying the charge.

Two step-sisters have been ordered to undergo counselling after a city court heard that they had an argument over a bucket in their yard.

The indigenous community of St Ignatius has been seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases and even two deaths within the last month, but its co-dependency and proximity to Lethem has made in impossible to implement stringent measures.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall has filed a $20 million lawsuit against former APNU+AFC government minister Annette Ferguson, who he alleges made certain slanderous statements against him.

Two new COVID-19 deaths along with 125 new cases were recorded yesterday.

The disbursement of the government’s $15,000 education cash grant will begin in a few months, according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has filed an appeal to the $20M default judgment granted to former government minister Annette Ferguson, who Justice Sandra Kurtzious found was defamed by Jagdeo, regarding certain statements he had made concerning her acquisition of land.

A fire of an unknown origin on Tuesday destroyed a wooden house at Jasmin Lane, Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown.

The High Commission of Canada in partnership with Equal Guyana on Monday unveiled a painting of the Progress Pride Flag on the driveway of the Canadian High Commission on Young Street, Kingston, Georgetown.

In an effort to assist communities across Guyana affected by flooding brought on by an above-normal rainy season, Demerara Bank Limited on Wednesday last donated food items, hygiene and cleaning supplies, and other items to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to boost the agency’s humanitarian efforts.

A homeless young man was yesterday placed on a restraining order after a court heard that he pointed a knife at a man while threatening him.

A Werk-en-Rust man who was remanded after police at the Security Command Centre allegedly observed him in the act of removing items from a car parked on Albert Street, Georgetown, has been granted bail.

A 50-year-old Mahaica resident was yesterday arrested for possession of narcotics.