Guyana News

The removal by the police on Wednesday of their chaplain,   Reverend Patrick Doolichand  over a prayer he delivered was swiftly reversed after the intervention of President Irfaan Ali.

By Readawne Henery A mother is seeking answers about the recent death of her newborn baby girl at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of  attempting to traffic 3.304 kilos of suspected cocaine hidden in salted fish.

Hailed for the integral role he played in the formation of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC), David Yankana was yesterday remembered by his former colleagues and friends following the announcement of his death on Wednesday at his home in the United States. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police that  Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir  should use the Standing Orders of Parliament to address the assault complaint by APNU+AFC MP Tabitha Sarabo-Halley against Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy.

Guyana’s death toll as a result of the novel coronavirus now stands at 206.

A total of 108 persons age 60 and over were vaccinated against the novel coronavirus yesterday at the Enmore Polyclinic as persons continued to take the opportunity to get immunised.

A group of persons have been charged and granted bail for allegedly breaching the National COVID-19 Emergency Measures.

The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has announced that the National Grade Six Assessment 2021 will be administered to Grade Six students in August.

The charges against Simona Broomes, a former APNU+AFC government minister, and her driver, Dexter Austin  stemming from a confrontation they had with a councillor attached to the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), have been dismissed.

Boat operator Tony Rampersaud now awaits sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted him of manslaughter for the 2016 killing of Venezuelan national Henry Mendonca.

Forty-nine-year-old fish vendor Compton Fecker who back in 2015 had beaten another man in the head with a hammer from which he now suffers limited vision, loss of hearing, constant headaches and difficulty sleeping at nights continues to await sentencing.

A man who was charged with having cannabis in his possession was released on bail after the court heard that the illicit substance was found in the ‘Blacka’ creek at Guyhoc Park.

The police are investigating the death of a man who was admitted into the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and was not discharged prior to his body being discovered in front of a city store.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – All-rounder Jason Holder has been sacked as Test captain and replaced by compatriot Kraigg Brathwaite for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting later this month, Cricket West Indies announced late today.

The Guyana Police Force say it is investigating the murder of 11-year-old student Anthony Cort who was reportedly shot dead by one of two bandits during a robbery earlier today.

APNU+AFC today called for the immediate release from police custody of former lands and surveys commissioner Trevor Benn.

Veteran engineer Raymond Latchmansingh has passed away, according to the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) in a Facebook post.

The Ministry of Health says that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

With a steep decline in applications for housing loans in 2020 and government’s promise of 50,000 house lots by 2025, the New Building Society is seeking to increase its portfolio this year and yesterday announced a reduction in interest rates following formal approval of the lifting of the loans threshold from $12 to $15 million which had been announced in Budget 2021.