Guyana News

The Ministry of Public Works on Friday advised the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring tides period of May 23, 2021 to May 29, 2021.

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

Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) on Thursday complained that only a small percentage of state contracts are going to its contractors.

A draft of proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act should be completed by the end of next month after which the opposition and citizens will be able to make inputs. 

After filing lawsuits against the principals of Cevons, Car Care and Courtney Benn, the government yesterday announced that it will settle with all three parties but vowed to pursue public officers who might have transgressed.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday confirmed that the plane that crash landed in a savannah in Orealla on Thursday was found with 453 kilogrammes (equivalent to 998 pounds) of suspected cocaine aboard.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were on Friday recorded along with 160 new cases of the virus.

With the latest COVID-19 infections predominant among adults ages 18 to 39, Minister of Health Dr.

Confirming that schools will remain closed for the remainder of the current term, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Friday signalled that the resumption of face-to-face learning in September would likely hang on whether enough persons are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Three Berbice ranks from the Upper Corentyne area are currently being questioned after they were accused of stealing over $20 million from a Chinese national they intercepted earlier in the week for illegally entering Guyana.

Relatives and friends of Peter Headley, the robbery accused who was killed by a police officer last weekend, held a protest outside of the Ministry of Home Affairs Brickdam on Friday over the apparent “inaction” in the investigation.

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Paul Slowe will be “vigorously” defending the fraud and sexual assault charges levelled against him, which his lawyer says are based on false allegations.

As many as eight houses located at Zorg-en-Hoop, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, were damaged by the heavy winds during a freak storm on Thursday afternoon.

As the country awaits a decision by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) on whether it will postpone scheduled assessments, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday said that the government is open to giving students more time.

One of the two men on trial for the 2016 murder of Laing Avenue taxi driver Orin David was acquitted yesterday after his attorney successfully presented a no-case submission. 

Two Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) clerks were among four persons charged on Friday with forging several cheques to the value of $19.4 million in the name of the revenue collection agency.

Two days after surrendering himself to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), Omesh Lakeram was on Friday charged with trafficking 207 pounds of ganja and released on $150,000 bail.

More reports of inundated farms are emerging from the South Rupununi as the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues its flood assessment in Region Nine.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today said that a fraud was perpetrated at a commercial bank and resulted in the debit of GWI’s bank account of nearly $30m.

Chairman of the Police Service Commission and former Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe will be vigorously defending the allegations and criminal charges of conspiracy to defraud and sexual assault.