Guyana News

As the search continues for 19-year-old Joel Skeete who was last seen on Wednesday, police are making attempts to track his phone, his mother Lorenza Griffith last night said.

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

A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice man died on Thursday evening after collapsing at home, leaving his family in a state of shock and with unanswered questions.

Livestock farmers in the Rupununi area now have access to improved healthcare for their animals.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement & Tender Administration Board for the Supply and Delivery of Calcium Hypochlorite to the Guyana Water Inc.

A Smart Classroom was commissioned on Thursday at the Leonora Secondary School in Region Three, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara and is the first such in the region.

A James Street, Albouystown resident was yesterday afternoon arrested by police during a stop and search exercise which  unearthed 22 grams of narcotics in his possession.

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) employee were arrested on Saturday after the Police found 16 grammes of suspected cannabis in their home.

Residents of Five Mile, Bartica can expect to access potable water in three months, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal said on Thursday afternoon on a visit to the town.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia has provisionally approved U.S. oil company ExxonMobil Corp’s plan to develop a pilot project for hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, in the country’s Valle Medio del Magdalena basin, the oil regulator said on Wednesday.

A woman was on Wednesday  granted bail after she denied embezzling monies entrusted to her to pay Guyana Power and Light (GPL) bills.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says that the overtopping at Zeelandia, Wakenaam, Essequibo River, Region Three, has been remedied and works to reinforce the sea defence continue.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is accusing the Ministry of Health of attempting to bully the nurses at the Linden Hospital Complex through unlawful deductions from their salaries.

A 34-year-old speed boat captain, Navindra Kooblall, of La Grange Old Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD) and Leon Dyal, a 33-year-old sales representative who resides at Aaron Street, Goed Fortuin, WBD were last evening robbed of millions of dollars in cash and jewellery while dining at a Pouderoyen, WBD restaurant.

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

In the preceding five years the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) collected over $3 billion in revenue through monitoring and enforcement activities but despite its successes the tax body is currently monitoring several defaulting tax payers who cumulatively owe more than the same figure in unpaid taxes.

Four more persons have died due to COVID-19 amidst what the Health Ministry has acknowledged to be a “surge” in new cases, with the virus spreading faster and with deadlier results. 

Twenty-five thousand doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Guyana on Friday.

Businessman Samuel Colin Ming died on Friday afternoon, almost a full day after he was involved in a collision with an ambulance at JB Singh Road and Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

Kite vendors in Georgetown have seen a rebound in sales, with many on Saturday reporting that the majority of their kites had already sold, following the slump they saw last year with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.