Guyana News

Following confirmation that another Deep South Rupununi community has recorded COVID-19 cases Aishalton will be proceeding on a total lockdown from tomorrow in an attempt to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday announced that  murders are down 22.9% this year compared to 2020 and it says it has also recorded a 29.8% decrease in serious crime for the year so far.

Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States Secretary of State yesterday agreed on the need to work together on a number of issues of mutual interest and the region raised the need for COVID vaccines.

Bids were recently opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for construction work at various locations under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

Former government minister Annette Ferguson has responded to the application filed by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is seeking to set aside a $20M default judgment he has been ordered to pay her in a libel action she brought against him.

 A bus driver, who was fined following a viral video of him snatching a passenger’s phone after she complained of noise nuisance has denied assault and damage to property charges.

Blue Umbrella Day (BUD), which is a campaign that raises awareness of how to better care for boys and protect them from sexual violence was launched on April 16th as part of Childlink’s two-year public education campaign.

Artwork depicting the physical punishment that many parents use to discipline their children won the first prize in the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s domestic violence art competition, which ended on April 16, 2021.

Romain Legay was on Tuesday relieved of a Honda XR motorcycle valued at $460,000 by two bandits at Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

Rondell Bacchus was yesterday freed of a damage to property charge after he was ordered by the court to compensate the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for the damage he caused to a police vehicle.

The police are investigating the death of a miner who was seen drinking at Port Kaituma waterfront, Mabaruma, North West District on Monday.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha is not happy about having to hear reports of substandard projects especially when there are engineers are tasked with ensuring quality work is done.

Digicel Guyana on Monday announced the donation of $2,000,000 to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) as relief support for the island chain of St.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal has announced that residents of Timehri North, Linden/Soesdyke Highway, will have access to potable water in two weeks’ time.

A 23-year-old suspect was on Tuesday arrested during a search at his residence where police found 2,075 grammes of suspected cannabis along with 17 $5000 bills suspected to be counterfeit.

A 52-year-old Berbice resident is the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality, according to the Ministry of Health.

Boat captain O’Neal Griffith was today sentenced to 75 years in prison for the 2016 murder of Brazilian miner, Braz Alves Dos Santos, whom he shot during a robbery at Puruni, Essequibo.

Following allegations of procurement irregularities at the state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL), whose General Manager abruptly resigned yesterday, Finance Minister Dr.

Chief Justice (CJ) (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday declared the appointment of Sarah Browne and Vikash Ramkissoon as Parliamentary Secretaries to be unlawful, as well as their membership of the National Assembly.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday directed all questions in the case of the woman who had a leg amputated following an accident during her hospitalisation to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), while questioning why she and her family spoke to the media about what occurred.