Guyana News

Police in Bartica carried out an enforcement exercise on Monday, May 3rd between 7 pm and midnight and 15 persons were arrested and charged for not wearing face masks in contravention of COVID-19 regulations.

Three more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday recorded even as some 92 new cases were reported.

The government has appointed a Digital Infrastructure and Online Engagement Director to create a national platform for open access to government content.

Negotiations with Norway on the continuation of a forest agreement with this country are in advanced stages, President Irfaan Ali has revealed.

The Guyana Police Force is currently investigating the death of a 13-year-old of Dazzell Housing Scheme resident who drowned while swimming with relatives at Belfield E.C.D.

A Forestry Officer from Orealla is presently hospitalised at the Skeldon Hospital after he sustained injuries during a fight with two men known to him.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Saturday signed three contracts totalling $94 million, for water supply improvement projects in three villages in Region Eight. 

Kishan Bayo called Penton, a 26-year-old fisherman of No. 76 Village, Corentyne, Berbice allegedly drowned sometime between the hours of 12:30-16:45 on Monday, the police said.

The U.S. Department of State is supporting an 18-month project to bolster the capacity of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Attorney General’s Chambers regarding electoral processes, and to encourage civil society organizations (CSOs) to advocate for electoral reform in accordance with regional and international standards.

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

Complaints about refunds were among the issues that dominated a consultation held by the Ministry of Public Works yesterday with travel agents to resolve the travelling public’s concerns.

As of Sunday, a total of over 140,000 persons here had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced.

Linden resident, Colwyn Arthur was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 15 years in jail for the 2018 killing of Claude `Sonno’ DeJonge, who at the time shared a relationship with a woman Arthur was also once involved with.

Twenty-year-old Shonnette Dover died after being shot in her head, an autopsy performed on the body yesterday revealed.

Vickram Persaud now awaits sentence after a jury yesterday afternoon found him guilty of raping a young woman back in 2009.

The Demerara Distillers Group has announced the appointment of  Ramesh Persaud, as Managing Director with effect from yesterday.

Just a week after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, Tito Browne was yesterday remanded by a Linden Magistrate for allegedly trafficking two Jamaican nationals and withholding their passports.

The increase of COVID-19 cases in the Deep South Rupununi has resulted in more villagers seeking to get vaccinated against the virus in a bid to protect themselves and families.

The trial of Abishai Caesar for the 2012 murders of Anna Catherina businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her two sons—Afridi Bacchus and 18-month-old Jadon Persaud is currently underway before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

With a jury unable to arrive at consensus, Akeem Edwards now faces a retrial over  the 2014 murder of fellow inmate Teon Smith, whom he is alleged to have stabbed during an argument at the Mazaruni Prison.