Guyana News

Even as concerns have been raised by Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) residents about approval being granted for the setting up of a waste treatment facility in the village, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that approval was also given to another company for the storage of a radioactive source at Coverden, also on the East Bank.

Guyana is expected to receive approximately 150,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine next month.

Two families from Sideline Dam, Middle Road, La Penitence, are now seeking help after a tree fell and destroyed their homes during a heavy downpour on Sunday morning.

Former Great Diamond resident Alvin Calder, who was earlier this year convicted of the 2007 shooting death of Mahdia gold miner Joseph Willy, was on Friday last sentenced to 10 years, 11 months behind bars.

Clyde Watson, 36, the radio DJ who was charged in April with stabbing the selector for his show, was yesterday freed of a malicious wounding charge after agreeing to pay compensation.

Boat operator Tony Rampersaud now awaits sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted him of manslaughter for the 2016 killing of Venezuelan national Henry Mendonca.

One of the two suspects who are currently being sought by the police in relation to the murder of Ronald Omar Smith during a robbery on Camp Street last Friday is known to the police.

Toka, Region 9, which has a population of approximately 300 persons will soon have a new water well in their village, a release yesterday from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) said.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is urging residents along the Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers, Region 7 to immediately move to higher ground due to current and anticipated rainfall and mudslides.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of May 30, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Veteran journalist, media personality and Chef Mondale Smith, 45, is the country’s most recent COVID-19 fatality The Ministry of Health has confirmed that Smith who was admitted to the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) last week has passed due to varying complications.

The police today reported that suspected cannabis was found in frozen chicken on Saturday at the 70 Km Police Checkpoint,   Region 7, Cuyuni/Mazaruni.

Amid chronic flooding in many parts of the country, the Civil Defence Commission today issued an appeal for relief items including beds, long boots and transportation.

Amid the sounds of tassa drumming and jubilation, the Little Guyana Avenue sign was unveiled on Saturday, with Mayor Bill de Blasio lauding the Guyanese community for “contributing to the leadership in New York City in a very big way.”

Persons affected by flooding are asked to contact the CDC on telephone number 226-1027 or 600-7500 (WhatsApp).

Described as the “worst flooding ever seen”, hundreds of families in regions 1, 2, 7 and 8 have been affected by inundation triggered by rain and high tides.

City Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday dismissed as “nonsensical” and “utter foolish reasoning” allegations leveled against City Hall that it was responsible for flooding in  Georgetown yesterday since the APNU+AFC-dominated council instructed operators to not open the kokers.

Bandits on Friday morning held national youth coach and former national football player Vurlon Mills at gunpoint at his Lamaha Springs, Georgetown apartment and proceeded to rob him.

Due to heavy rainfall, the overflowing of the Canje Creek and poor drainage several Region Six villages remained flooded yesterday afternoon leaving many with huge losses and bitter at the various neighborhood democratic councils (NDCs).

Only one month after SOCU filed charges of misconduct in public office against former APNU+AFC Minister of Health Dr.