Guyana News

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 7, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A 12-year-old girl is the country’s latest road fatality following an accident at Farm, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) just after 3 pm yesterday.

Grade Six pupils across Guyana will begin the first of two National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) mock examinations today, the Ministry of Education said.

A 33-year-man from Region One is suspected to have drowned while swimming in a pond aback his mother’s home in Port Kaituma.

Police are searching for two men who stole a car from a hire car driver after luring him to Rasville on Monday night.

Anticipating construction works to be completed by October of this year on its US$5 million-plus facility,  Lusignan Heliport directors yesterday announced that the company plans to build this country’s first polytechnic training centre that would also offer helicopter underwater escape training (HUET) and Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) certification.

A data entry clerk from Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara is in police custody following an alleged attempt to smuggle cannabis into the Lusignan Prison.

While the authorities seem unclear about the purpose, massive land preparation works have again begun at a site at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, which was once slated for government’s specialty hospital.

Tenders were on June 1st opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of the Vryheid’s Lust Primary School.

Floodwaters have significantly receded in Region Nine over the last few days but according to Chairman Bryan Allicock, residents are bracing for a second hit now that rainfall has resumed.

The appointment of staff for the Law Reform Com-mission is expected to begin soon as nominees for the post of Chairperson and Commissioners are currently being screened, Attorney General Anil Nandall says.

The Guyana Forestry Commission is currently overseeing a complaints mechanism established for forest operators to ensure better compliance and governance in the sector.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has apologised to Deron Roberts, a national athlete who was mistreated after he was misidentified by police officers on Thursday.

A man who admitted to stealing a bicycle was on Wednesday ordered to do community service and placed on self-bail for two other charges.

The Rotary Club of Georgetown in collaboration with Rotary District 7030, has launched its Shade House Vegetable Garden & Mini Fruit Farm at the Cheshire Home for the disabled, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

Two teens were on Monday arrested after one of them was found with a .38 Taurus revolver containing four live rounds of ammunition after a police chase in South Georgetown.

A file is being prepared for the office of Director of Public Prosecutions for advice on the accident that claimed the life of Mark Ault at Dora Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Sunday night.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 07, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The One-Cent Magenta stamp, issued in British Guiana in 1856 was auctioned for US$8.3 million at Sotheby’s in New York, confirming its place as the most valuable stamp in history, Reuters reported today.

Despite a respite in some areas, floodwater remained at significant levels in most of the country’s regions yesterday as authorities continued to mobilise help for victims.