Guyana News

A search is underway for a man who shot at police and then fled, triggering the fatal shooting of two prison escapees and a woman on Monday night in the Better Hope South backlands.

The Ministry of Health is hoping to stabilise the country’s drug and medical supplies by July after having to discard billions of dollars in expired stocks, Health Minister Dr.

As police continue their investigations into the execution-style killing of Ricardo Fagundes, forensic investigators are working to determine if the car found on fire at Swan Village was the getaway vehicle used by his assailants.

Anticipating “significant progress” in the partnership with government in advancing the gas-to-shore project here, ExxonMobil yesterday announced that the associated gas availability from the Liza fields has been changed from 35 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) to 50 mmscfd. 

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities yesterday jumped to 220 as four new deaths were recorded.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of the new St.

Brian Seymour who was last week found not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of felonious wounding committed on Leon Charles at Litchfield Village, West Coast Berbice, on February 10, 2016, was yesterday sentenced to seven years imprisonment.

Two prisoners were taken to seek treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being attacked by fellow inmates at the Lusignan Prison on Monday.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday promised “fiscal incentives” and “boundless” investment opportunities to participants at a Guyana-European Union Investment Conference.   

Some 20,470 persons have been vaccinated as of Monday, while no adverse reactions to any of the vaccines used here have been reported.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of 15-month-old Sahara La Cruz, who died last Tuesday at her Cabora Village, Moruca residence, has determined the cause of her death to be a brain infection.

Two weeks after the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) issued a demand letter to SOL Guyana Inc (Sol) for more than $3.3 billion in Excise Taxes and interest, the two entities are engaged in a discussion on the way forward.

Two men who are accused of killing Samuel De Souza, a labourer who was found dead in front his house shortly after a confrontation earlier this month, were yesterday released on $400,000 bail after being charged with manslaughter.

Savitree Budram, the valedictorian of the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus, has urged that more resources be made available to the Berbice campus, including its library, so that its students “do not have to request books from Turkeyen”.

A brief meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ended yesterday with no decision made about the myriad issues facing the Commission.

The Ministry of Health  today reported four deaths due to COVID-19, underlining the grave danger that the virus poses even as vaccinations are underway.

Two prison escapees and another person died last night following a reported shoot-out with police at Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Investigators are currently reviewing CCTV footage which captured the killing of gold dealer, Ricardo Fagundes, who was riddled with bullets by two men outside of the Palm Court on Main Street on Sunday night.

A Chinese-owned seafood company, Grandeast Inc has invested US$25m in a plant here and large amounts of shrimp are currently being processed.

Close to 20,000 persons in Guyana were vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday, according to Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony, who says government is continuing to explore avenues to procure vaccines to immunise the entire adult population.