Guyana News

Flooding along the Mahaicony River continues to decimate the livelihoods of farmers and gardens that many families depended on to provide for their households.

Nearly 20,000 tonnes of steel sheet piles are being stockpiled by Tristar at its planned Malgre Tout offshore base as the company prepares to begin revetment works at the facility.

With cases filed against prominent PNCR member James Bond relating to leasing of state land, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said the government is now looking at ways it can retrieve the property.

Police in Region Six as of yesterday afternoon were still searching for one of the nine patients who fled from the National Psychiatric Hospital on Saturday evening during a fire.

The City Hall building was once again condemned and deemed a public hazard by the Guyana Fire Service following an inspection done on Thursday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 05, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The family of Leonard Reece and Ronald Wong, the two men who were killed at Three Friends Mines, Coomacka in Region 10, last weekend, believes that there was a third individual involved.

A week after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in Region Three, a number of places are still inundated, particularly Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara where approximately 300 residents and farmers are still knee deep in water in their farms.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday visited several communities in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) as part of his ongoing assessment of flood-affected areas in Guyana. 

A Columbia, Essequibo Coast family was on Saturday night robbed of cash and jewellery after an unknown suspect broke into their home while they were asleep.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that it had dispatched additional supplies for distribution to flood-affected residents in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni)  communities.

Two brothers are currently in police custody after they were caught by police with millions of dollars’ worth of gadgets and cash following a robbery between Thursday and Friday at A&S Store, Rose Hall, Corentyne.

A 16-year-old teenager is in an unconscious state after he was struck down on the Mon Repos Public Road on Saturday night by a minibus.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday ordered a complete evaluation of all the health centres in Pomeroon after discovering that the Hackney Health Centre had a drug shortage.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 05, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) today said that it had dispatched additional supplies for distribution to flood-affected residents in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni)  communities.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) today said that 577 titles are ready for uplifting in the coming week.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said that the flooding currently occurring across Guyana is one of the worst disasters the country has ever faced and projected that it will take some time for the country recover once the situation has abated.

Following allegations of procurement irregularities, the state-owned Guyana Oil Company recently advertised and received 18 Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from prospective suppliers of petroleum products.

The Saipem Guyana Offshore Construction Facility, which was officially being declared open yesterday, will soon commence operations to support Guyana’s oil and gas sector.