Guyana News

(BBC) Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez produced a devastating uppercut to leave a distraught Billy Joe Saunders unable to rise from his stool after eight rounds of their world title unification bout Saturday night.

A Kaneville, Grove fisherman died in a hit and run accident which occurred on Saturday night along the Better Hope Public Road.

A sixty-five-year-old businessman has been arrested after police conducted a search on his home and found narcotics in his possession amounting to 2,242 grams.

Seventy-six ranks from various units across the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have graduated following their successful completion of the Section Commander Course 2021-01.

Months after firing Dr Vincent Adams, the government has advertised for an Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

A total of nine more COVID-19 deaths were confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday, increasing the country’s death toll from the virus to 323.

No studies on environmental risks have yet begun for the Wales gas-to-shore project as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still to give permission on an environmental authorisation sought, government says.

Fears that the COVID-19 vaccines might be unsafe and could have deadly side effects have left the majority of the adult population in Region Ten skeptical about getting immunised against the disease, which continues to claim lives in Guyana, according to regional officials.

A Black Bush Polder bride whose wedding was stopped by lawmen last week is claiming that the Guyana Police Force is selectively enforcing the COVID-19 restrictions as she pointed out that several other weddings by persons with “connections” were successfully held.

Up to the end of last year, research had found that as a result of COVID-19 prices of food and other items in Guyana had increased while the available quantities have decreased.

A 17-year-old teenager, who the police described as “a known character,” was shot and injured on Friday afternoon after he attempt to escape ranks who were conducting an operation in Sophia.

A Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited customer is calling for the swift return of over $200,000 that has gone missing from his account due to unauthorised online transactions.

Saying that the recently launched Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was set up in secrecy, Opposition Member of Parliament Geeta Chandan-Edmond has moved to the National Assembly for answers.

Saying that opposition supporters are concerned, Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon has written the International Republican Institute (IRI) to request a full briefing on the recently announced 18-month electoral reform project that it is implementing here.

Over $160 million will be invested in the start-up of the proposed Stone Aggregate Quarry at Arisaru in Region Ten.

The Sunrise Bakery in Capoey, Region Two, officially opened its doors to the public on Friday. 

The Pirara Bridge in the Rupununi, which collapsed under the weight of the truck in April, has almost been restored to its full structural capacity.

Contractors who signed a $200 million agreement to construct a road that would have linked the North and Central Rupununi communities were directed to do other works after the project was halted in 2019.

When discussions between the Government of Guyana and Virgin Atlantic resume, negotiations will centre on how both parties can benefit from the airline operating out of Guyana, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said.