Guyana News

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

Stephan Barlow, co-accused in the July 2nd, 2016 murder of Sherwin Johnson, was today sentenced to 18 years behind bars, after pleading to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

Brian Mitchell, 36, of Craig Street, Campbellville died last night after an accident on Homestretch Avenue.

A Guyanese fashion designer was yesterday found knifed to death at an apartment in El Dorado, Trinidad, according to the Trinidad Express newspaper.

The Court of Appeal yesterday set aside the 1982 conviction and sentencing of Donald Rodney for unlawful possession of explosives stemming from the bomb blast that killed his brother, political activist and historian Dr Walter Rodney. 

By Laurel Sutherland The family of a man who died of COVID-19 is now trying to recover his corpse which was mistakenly buried by the family of another fatality.

Orpheus Johnson who is accused of killing two men—one whose fiancée and son he also attempted to murder; now faces sentencing after pleading guilty to the various offences when they were read to him yesterday morning.

Oil production on Exxon-Mobil’s Liza Destiny oil platform has been reduced to 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) after the discharge silencer began experiencing technical issues during the final testing phase of the reinstalled flash gas compressor and other components of the system.

Investigators testifying at the trial of Regan Rodrigues who is accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, say that the same gun used to kill Crum-Ewing had been found in Rodrigues’ Riverview, Ruimveldt residence.

Linden resident, Colwyn Arthur, now awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to the 2018 killing of Claude `Sonno’ DeJonge, who at the time shared a relationship with a woman Arthur was also once involved with. 

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Monday ruled that Chairman of the People’s National Con-gress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and APNU+AFC activist Carol Joseph will be tried summarily in the Magistrate’s Court for the election fraud charges currently pending against them.

Guyana and Canada on Monday convened their first “Bilateral Consultation” to discuss matters of mutual interest and relevant courses of action.

Community leader and Councillor of the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Serojnie ‘Gem’ Narine yesterday passed away suddenly.

More doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be in Guyana tomorrow according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony.

A second man was on Monday charged with the murder of Peter Gonsalves, the Kitty contractor who was shot dead in front of the Red Bar at Garnett Street last December.

Eighty-eight new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded and 15 persons are in the country’s Intensive Care Unit. 

Although not yet repaired, the Pirara Bridge in the Rupununi has been reopened to facilitate light traffic.

Former Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton was yesterday charged with misconduct in public office by SOCU over the controversial renting of a Sussex Street bond for the storing of drugs which had dogged the former APNU+AFC government.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday said it has partnered with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to send $13.3m in humanitarian aid to St.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is providing an immediate US$100,000 in disaster aid for people affected by violent eruptions of La Soufrière Volcano on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.