Guyana News

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) surveillance operation yesterday led to the arrest of two persons who allegedly had in their possession two bricks of cocaine and a quantity of  cannabis.

The Dharm Shala, ‘Home of Benevolence for all Races’, located in Albouystown, Georgetown, is today celebrating 100 years of devotion to serving the needy by hosting three days of activities.

A Corentyne man will now have to face a murder charge after the man he is accused of wounding succumbed on Sunday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A Route 48 minibus driver has been arrested by police after he attempted to attack an on-duty traffic rank with a cutlass yesterday afternoon on Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were recorded yesterday and 71 new cases were also reported.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday launched its Online Learning Platform for education delivery, which will initially target Grade Seven teachers and students.

A jury yesterday afternoon unanimously acquitted Edgar Holder of the 2018 rape of a 14-year-old girl, who, according to the case for the prosecution had boarded his minibus to travel home after leaving lessons.

A significant increase in COVID-19 cases have been recorded in regions Four and Three as monitoring is ongoing according to Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.

The criminal proceedings against PNCR member James Bond and former acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Colvin Heath-London, who are accused of conspiring to defraud the state through the unsanctioned disposal of land at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, will be disposed of via a summary trial.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists discovered 40 finches concealed in hair rollers inside a Guyana man’s baggage at John F.

Bids were recently submitted to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for infrastructure works in a number of areas including Great Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and Cummings Lodge, Vigilance and Bladen Hall on the East Coast of Demerara.

A Riverstown, Essequibo man was brutally chopped about his body after intervening in an argument between a man and his reputed wife at Silver Hill landing, Mazaruni, Region Seven.

Maverick De Abreu, who was accused of assaulting Trinidad Soca artiste Rodney ‘Benjai’ Le Blanc outside the Palm Court nightclub in 2017, was recently freed of the charge.

A new date has been set for the commencement of the trial of former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and the former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) Rawlston Adams, who are accused of defrauding the DHBC.

One hundred farmers in the Lower Pomeroon, Region Two, whose farms were inundated earlier this year will soon benefit from flood relief efforts by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and the Pomeroon/Supenaam Regional Democratic Council.

More than a week since a section of the Pirara Bridge in Region Nine collapsed under the weight of a truck, major repairs to the bridge are yet to commence.

Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has summoned the Board of the Guyana Oil Company to an urgent meeting this afternoon, following allegations of a procurement irregularity at the entity and the subsequent resignation of its General Manager Trevor Bassoo.

The Ministry of Health this morning said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A cruel twist of fate last month drastically altered the life of Padminie McRae forever when an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital forced the amputation of her left leg from above the knee, after she was mistakenly admitted as a positive COVID-19 patient.

A third shipment of approximately 250 tonnes of emergency relief items is scheduled to depart for St Vincent and the Grenadines today to aid the island in its recovery from the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano.