Guyana News

Seventy-one-year-old Vinci Hodge may have died from smoke inhalation after her neighbour’s house went up in flames yesterday morning.

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

The Village Council of Aishalton, Region Nine  yesterday imposed a one-month lockdown on the community after confirming nine cases of COVID-19 in the village.

Residents of Coverden on the East Bank Demerara have written to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking that approval for the construction and operation of a treatment facility for oil & gas waste be halted until consultations are held with those that may be directly or indirectly affected.

Over 67,000 persons have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A Meten-Meer-Zorg pensioner was on the Tuesday found dead on the bridge leading to the entrance of his home.

Rondell Bacchus, the 32-year-old security guard who was arrested by the police in relation to the execution-style killing of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes, was yesterday charged with damaging a Guyana Police Force vehicle whilst he was in the process of being detained.

The proprietor of the Altitude Cocktail Bar and Grill, as well as staff and bar-goers were yesterday fined for breaching the nation-wide curfew while one accused was granted bail.

A 50-year-old Guyanese man, who is also a citizen of the United States (US) was arrested shortly after arriving in the country on Monday afternoon, following the discovery of a quantity of marijuana in his luggage.

A man who went missing after visiting a friend at Supenaam Creek, Essequibo River was on Tuesday found dead during a search at the same creek.

Martha Miguel, the mother of the child who was found dead in a drain at Parika Backdam, was on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged with manslaughter.

Bids were recently submitted to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of a Cutter head dredge and for the construction of a new drainage sluice at New Friendship, Wakenaam.

Despite the services being decentralised to two regions, long lines of applicants for passports have returned to the Central Passport and Immigration Office in Georgetown.

Avinash Fernandes, the miner whose body was found floating in the Arakaka River, North West District (NWD), Region One during last week died as a result of asphyxiation due to compression to the neck, consistent with manual strangulation, an autopsy stated.

Touring the incomplete Good Hope Secondary School on Tuesday,  Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said she wants contractors engaged in projects for the ministry to know that lengthy delays will not be tolerated.

A man who police say discharged rounds at them was yesterday charged and remanded for alleged illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.

A number of communities in Region Four are seeing spikes in COVID-19 infections as the region continues to record the majority of the new cases daily.

A vendor was yesterday placed on bail after being charged with stealing a woman’s $58,000 chain in the vicinity of Quality Plus Fast Foods and Bakery.

The two men who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), allegedly found on Saturday with a quantity of cannabis at their Alberttown homes, were placed on a total of $170,000 bail.

The Indian High Commission will tomorrow be launching a specialized app for learning the ancient-modern language, Sanskrit.