Guyana News

A 16-year-old student of a public secondary school was on Thursday handed over to the police after he was found with a bullet.

A carpenter from Region Two is now in custody after he stabbed a 64-year-old relative in a drunken attack.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 11, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Offshore gunnery exercises are to be part of the multinational Tradewinds exercise which includes the Guyana Defence Force.

Government has approached the National Assembly for more than $23 billion in order to cover several expenses, including those related to the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and flooding.

Marcus Bisram has been granted another reprieve from incarceration following an order from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday staying a recent ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal that he be committed to stand trial for murder.

Former government minister Dr George Norton is expected to appear before a court next week to face a driving under the influence charge after he crashed into a parked Ministry of Foreign Affairs vehicle.

Three more COVID-19 fatalities were confirmed on Friday, including a 97-year-old Region Four woman.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has welcomed the Irfaan Ali-led government’s announcement that it would be moving to honour the life and legacy of slain WPA Leader Dr Walter Rodney and to set the record straight about his death.

The government is moving to strike out the “archaic” law against cross-dressing in order to give effect to an over two-year-old Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling.  

Unrelenting rainfall over the past three days have resulted in flood waters in Kwakwani rising even higher just days after inundated residents began reporting that it was starting to go down.

With severe flooding in regions 1, 7, and 8 ravaging mining camps, the  Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) is appealing to government to provide assistance to affected prospectors.

Cattle farmers in Kokerite and neighbouring savannahs are at their wits’ end as they continue daily to battle rising flood waters in hopes of rescuing as many of their animals as possible as their losses continue to mount daily. 

Following devastating flooding, Guyana has been invited to seek emergency support from the European Union (EU) under its Civil Protection Mechanism.

In hopes of encouraging more persons to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is partnering with the Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) to offer incentives to persons who are fully vaccinated, including a chance to win a free flight to a destination of their choice in Guyana.

`Child Labour Month’ was yesterday launched with pledges by government ministers to crack down on abusive practices.

Under the former APNU+AFC administration, the Ministry of Housing distributed a total of 6,780 house lots in areas in regions Four, Five and Six.

No feasibility study was conducted for the new road link from Diamond to Eccles, East Bank Demerara, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has told the National Assembly.

Lennox Wayne, called ‘Two Colours,’ will have to face a second retrial after a jury was on Friday unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for the fatal 2014 shooting of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram.

An 83-year-old woman was found dead in her home at Smythfield, New Amsterdam on Thursday.