Guyana News

Several persons were arrested for Covid-19 breaches and vehicles towed away by the police when ranks in Region #3, acting on information received, swooped on Sunday night on a private party that was in full swing at Lot 60 Church Street, Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara.

A robbery at Kaneville has landed a suspect in the hospital after he was captured by members of the public.

A gold miner has been released on $30,000 bail after being charged with two counts of unlawful wounding.

A man was placed on $250,000 bail on Friday after denying that he illegally had a firearm in his possession.

A Linden man has been granted bail after denying a malicious damage to property charge.

Keziah Jeuel Roberts, 33, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to operating a pyramid scheme and falsely obtaining monies from several persons between September, 2020 and February, 2021.

Military representatives from the United States and 23 nations are participating this week in the Final Planning Conference for the Tradewinds exercise, a U.S.

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

Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Depdat Indar this morning said there was an electrical issue at the Garden of Eden power plant on the East Bank of Demerara causing a total shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System.

It’s just past noon and the sound of chisels and hammers hitting against each other emanates from 150 feet below the top of Mazoa.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that three women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died even as just over 60,000 persons have now been vaccinated.

An overladen truck on Saturday night destroyed a section of the Pirara Bridge in the Rupununi and emergency repairs of $25m are planned, according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.

“Extraordinarily time consuming” is how the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has described interpreting and enforcing the terms of the 10 Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) signed between Guyana and 16 international oil companies.

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is to begin operating its full online school from today.

Nine persons who were caught consuming alcohol at Vergenoegen after the curfew on Saturday night were arrested by members of the Joint Services.

A Region 1(Barima-Waini) family is pleading with the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs to intervene after their cottage and crops and fruit trees were demolished by a gold miner who has laid claim to the area.

Now 16 years cancer free, visually impaired Mekyla Belgrave says that every day she feels like she is leading a very different life from that of her friends.

Minister of Public Works,  Juan Edghill has committed to the residents of Crabwood Creek,  Corentyne,  Region Six that the road from the Crematorium to 1st Street will be rehabilitated.

Twelve persons were on Saturday night arrested during a Joint Services mass patrol in the Mabaruma Station District, North West.

The family of Claude Pollard, a boat captain who went missing on January 30th following a collision with the Bartica Hospital marine ambulance is still hopeful that he will be found.