Guyana News

Three persons are now dead after the car in which they were heading to Georgetown crashed into the fence of the Gecom Office located along the Fort Wellington Public Road.

Floodwater in the Middle Mazaruni, Region 7  has left “an unimaginable trail of destruction”, Regional Chairman Kenneth Williams said yesterday after spending four days in the district assessing the damage.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) has upheld a decision of the EPA that an impact survey study is not required for the proposed oil and gas waste treatment facility at Coverden, East Bank Demerara.

Government has added ecstasy to the list of psychotropic substances which are illegal to possess or use without a specific licence.

Flooding from heavy rainfall in farming areas has triggered increases in  vegetable prices at local markets, placing an additional strain on consumers already struggling to cope with rising tariffs for other goods and commodities.

Just over 300 members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to date, according to the Officer-in-charge of the Welfare Department, Deputy Superintendent Jewel Sullivan, who says 50% of all the law enforcers have so far received at least one vaccine.

A 55-year-old vendor says that he might not be able to work again after battling and surviving COVID-19 even as he spoke out on the food served to patients at the country’s Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.

At approximately 10:13hrs yesterday, while reclosing the F8 feeder at Kingston (which serves customers along Camp Street to Charlestown), the station transformer at the Kingston Power Plant tripped, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 12, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir on Thursday said he would obey the Chief Justice’s ruling that the appointments of Parliamentary Secretaries, Sarah Browne and Vikash Ramkissoon are unlawful.

Vice-Chairman of Region 10, Douglas Gittens yesterday succumbed after being hospitalized for three days with COVID-19.

Heavy rainfall has resulted in the Abary Conservancy in Region Five rising to a high level but Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha reported on Saturday that the dam at the spill weir is intact, stressing that the water is not leading into the farming area.

Sentenced to life back in April for the shooting death of Timehri youth Ronsley Clarke, Travis Evans is challenging his sentence which he describes as severe.

Tyrone Da Silva was on Wednesday discharged of the allegation of unlawfully killing Ryan De Freitas, who perished in a boat collision on the Pomeroon River back in 2016.

A twenty-eight-year-old woman is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was struck down on Saturday night by a driver under the influence of alcohol At the time, she was trying to cross the road in the vicinity of Conversation Tree Road along the Rupert Craig Highway.

Sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for the murder of taxi driver Orin David, ex-soldier Jermaine Jefford has appealed his conviction, arguing among other things that the trial judge misdirected the jury on the law as it relates to murder.

A man who has multiple pending matters before a City Court was on June 3rd charged with stealing a cellphone and cash from a woman and granted bail.

A North West District woman is currently a patient of the Pakera District Hospital after she was allegedly chopped by her neighbour with whom she was imbibing on Saturday afternoon.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 12, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) Vice-Chairman Douglas Gittens died today from COVID-19, according to Regional Health Officer, Dr Gregory Harris.