Guyana News

A thirty-five-year-old gold miner died after he was allegedly stabbed in his ear by his reputed wife yesterday morning at Baramita, North West District in Region One.

A twenty-year-old miner is missing and feared drowned after he and another miner went to bathe on Tuesday in a creek near their mining camp in Mabura, Region Ten The miner has been identified as Akeem Davidson, of Retrieve, MacKenzie, Linden.

A fifty-seven-year-old Fyrish resident yesterday fell unconscious while on duty at the Albion Sugar Estate and later passed away.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Tuesday announced that the communities of Whitewater and Kamwatta in Barima-Waini (Region One) will receive electricity before the end of the year.

Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) General Secretary and veteran trade unionist, Lincoln Lewis is exhorting Guyanese workers to hold their government and political parties accountable and act in the workers’ best interests.

A Demerara Bank security guard is in hospital after he was involved in an accident on Tuesday on the public road at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

At 3.30 pm yesterday, acting on information received, a party of policemen went to a home in Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice and apprehended a juvenile escapee.

The Guyana Police Force is investigating an incident in which a security guard allegedly discharged a round at a pork-knocker.

Chiung Mouth, Region Eight is the latest community to gain easy access to potable water, with the construction of a new $30 million water supply system.

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

The construction of a shore base facility at Malgre Tout/Versailles, West Demerara, has seen a substantial amount of mangroves being cleared along the shoreline earmarked for the project and residents are now worried that it could leave them vulnerable to flooding.

Ahead of his sentencing in just over two weeks, Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell through his lawyer is asking US Judge Paul G.

COVID-19 cases continue to rapidly increase in Region Nine, with Masakenari and Parabara becoming the latest indigenous communities to report outbreaks of the virus.

APNU+AFC Parliamen-tarian Amanza Walton-Desir has filed a criminal complaint against businessman Roshan Khan after he called on Indo-Guyanese to “mark” and “target” her.

A fifteen-year-old   was yesterday charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder in the case of Shonnette Dover.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a 5% decrease in Water tariffs following an application by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

With over 145,000 persons receiving their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and concerns being raised about the access to second shots, Health Minister Dr.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud yesterday met workers displaced by the recent Sharon’s Mall fire and assured that the Ministry wants to help however it can to aid them in getting back on their feet.

When new bicycle rental and tour company Ride Along GY launched last Saturday, it was the realisation of an idea that had been birthed almost five years ago by its founder, Cherry-Ann Greene, who has had to navigate some bumpy roads along the way.

While the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the life sentence imposed against Dhupaul Singh who back in 2016 had been convicted for murder, it reduced the 25 years he had been given before being eligible for parole, to 20 years instead.