Guyana News

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice man was killed, while another from the same village was injured following a recent attack in the National Psychiatric Hospital.

Damon Assanah called “Devil” has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars for raping a 13-year-old girl whom he also impregnated back in 2015.

The number of people affected by flooding in Region Seven is increasing daily, according to its Chairman Kenneth Williams, who noted that the situation has significantly worsened over the past 24 hours as persons are now being forced to evacuate their homes due to rising water levels.

Queen’s College has been recognised as the School of the Year for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), at the Caribbean Examinations Council’s 2020 awards ceremony held in Antigua and Barbuda.

A High Court judge has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to reclassify the Toyota Land Cruiser imported by businessman Mohamed Shaw Jahan as being for commercial use and not a private passenger vehicle.

With overtopping from the Canje Creek and excess water in the savannahs, the entire cultivation of the Albion Sugar Estate is currently under threat according to General Manager Threbhowan Shivprasad.

Online talk show host and political activist Gavin Matthews was yesterday formally charged with using a computer system to cause damage to the reputation of Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr.

A man was yesterday charged over the death of a security guard who was struck by a motor car along the Number 77 Village, Corentyne Road, in Berbice.

Tenders were last Thursday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of a new western stand at the Leonora Track and Field Centre.

More than a month after losing a petition which sought to invalidate the national recount of ballots cast following the contentious announcement of last year’s General Elections results, the opposition APNU+AFC has filed an appeal.

Two co-workers are now hospitalised with head injuries after a row at a birthday party culminated in them hitting each other with a piece of wood.

The heavy seasonal rainfall coupled with drainage and overtopping issues has caused the Kilcoy/Chesney New Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Berbice, to remain flooded over the past week leaving residents in a state of frustration.

Water released from the Region Three backlands and  high tides are being blamed for the flooding in the communities of Malgre Tout, Versailles and Goed Fortuin, on the West Bank of  Demerara.

The police are working to apprehend a suspect who stabbed a labourer several times about his body after a disagreement at a Kumaka Waterfront, Mabaruma North West District location.

Four new recorded deaths have pushed Guyana’s fatality toll as a result of COVID-19 to 400.

After days of surveillance, ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Wednesday unearthed $10M worth of suspected cannabis at Corentyne, Berbice.

A Kaneville, East Bank Demerara man and his wife were robbed by five men, armed with a handgun and cutlasses, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 02, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Guyana today said that it wished to bring to the attention of the public, the existence of persons in the country who are actively involved with international partners in the commission of what is referred to as “Package Delivery Scams or Romance Scams”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House today laid out a plan for the United States to share 25 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses with the world and said it would lift some restrictions to allow other countries to buy U.S.-made