Guyana News

The Ministry of Health on Tuesday received a donation of essential items to fight against the novel coronavirus which stemmed from a collaboration between the Government of Canada and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).

A Diamond man was placed on $150,000 bail yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to the charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent.

Five more persons have been confirmed to have died due to COVID-19, pushing the fatality figure to 396.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill today met with minibus and taxi operators who ply their trade at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on the tarmac at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara and advised  that they would have to be relocated to minimize traffic congestion and to allow emergency vehicles easier access to the structure.

More than a year after he was accused of attempting to rig the March 2020 Elections, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been asked by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to show cause why he should not be dismissed.

Saying that the current level of flooding that is occurring in hinterland regions is unprecedented, regional officials now fear that the situation might worsen with more rain expected in the coming weeks.

Demerara Contractors and Engineers Limited (DCEL)—a subsidiary of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL)—is not the only Company on whose land Pritipaul Singh Investment (PSI) had been trespassing.

Seventy-five per cent of families from the Kwakwani Waterfront, Region 10, have been forced to evacuate their homes in the Berbice River due to extreme flooding.

Guyanese neurosurgeon, Dr Amarnauth Dukhi, on Monday performed Guyana’s first paediatric brain aneurysm surgery on a 13-year-old high school student.

Attorney Kayreen Stephenson, who was recently hospitalized with COVID-19, died a week ago.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin D Croal on Monday turned the sod for a new Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA) regional office at Lethem.

Two additional COVID-19 deaths were yesterday added to May’s fatality count.

Over 200,000 persons in Guyana have so far received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Guyana as Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony noted that this was a milestone in the country’s inoculation programme.

The body of 42-year-old Woodrow John Lepps was found at an abandoned building at Victoria, East Coast Demerara, where he resided.

At approximately 10:34 am yesterday, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Kingston Power Plant experienced a loss of approximately 27 Megawatts (MWs) of generation, which trigged a cascading effect at the other GPL power plants resulting in a shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

In less than a year,  there have been three major international drug busts linked to Guyana, all of which have prompted local investigations but without a single charge being brought.

Representatives of the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday met with Attorney General Anil Nandlall to discuss the terms of a new agreement with officials of the University of the West Indies and the Council of Legal Education for the continued automatic admissions of graduates of the UG Law Programme into the Hugh Wooding Law School.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday handed over $11.5 million in supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security for citizens  affected by recent flooding.

Convicted in April on two counts of raping an 11-year-old girl, Essequibo resident Adriane Sewdeen was on Friday sentenced to 15 years behind bars.

A businessman was yesterday  robbed of over $1 million in cash by two men while waiting for transportation at Parika Junction, East Bank Essequibo.