Guyana News

A total of 267 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara residents received their second doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine on Saturday.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) had awarded the winners of its recent Domestic Violence Design Competition.

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has released the broad topics that should be studied for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Paper II examinations due to be held in June/July 2021.

Attorney Pauline Chase has been elected the President of the Queen’s College Old Students’ Association, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the body’s history.

Two murder accused were remanded after being charged during separate appearances in court last week.

An investigation by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has confirmed that the recent fire which destroyed Sharon’s Mall in Georgetown was electrical in origin.

A total of 50 persons were arrested on Friday for various traffic offences.

A man is now awaiting charges after he allegedly admitted to ownership of cannabis found on him by police at Itaballi, Region Seven.

A 27-year-old construction worker was taken into police custody last Wednesday night after he was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of cocaine and cannabis.

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Guyana Chapter is calling for internal audit activity to be adequately sourced and be effectively utilised.

Hours after reporting three more COVID-related deaths, the Ministry of Health this afternoon confirmed six more that had previously not been confirmed.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) today announced that it had withdrawn the certificate issued to Kaizen Environmental Services (Guyana) Inc with effect from May 3rd, 2021.

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

Referring to Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell as a  “a sophisticated international drug trafficker” the US Government has asked that he be sentenced to between 17 and 21 years in prison as he invested some US$100,000 to traffic in more than one tonne of cocaine from South America to Europe.

Even though the Ministry of Health has said that taking the COVID-19 vaccine is not compulsory, at least one private company has made vaccination a requirement for new employees while some government agencies have more aggressive efforts to convince staff to get vaccinated.

nvironmentalist Annette Arjoon-Martins yesterday called for sanctions against the company which destroyed a large swathe of mangroves on the West Demerara while in the process of establishing a shore base for the oil and gas industry.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has announced that 60,000 more doses of the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine are expected in Guyana next week.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that four women who were infected with COVID-19 have died.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.

President Irfaan Ali has offered his “unreserved regret” to those offended by a suggestion in his Arrival Day statement that Africans were among the groups that came to Guyana seeking improvement.