Guyana News

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.

A decomposed body that was found recently floating in a creek at Kariko Village, North West District, Region One, has been identified as a 97-year-old woman.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has said a request to government to commence negotiations for public servants’ wages, salaries, and allowances, has been ignored, thereby setting up a potential confrontation between the PPP/C administration and workers.

Health authorities in Aishalton and Parabara, in the South Rupununi, are monitoring an increase in malaria cases that have been imported into the communities from workers mining in the Marudi Mountain area.

Region Nine communities will now be able to access the Guyana Learning Channel (GLC) thanks to a Ministry of Education (MoE) initiative.

Continuous moderate to heavy rain showers and thunderstorms are expected across Guyana from today until Tuesday, the Hydrometeorological Service has advised.

A University of Guyana student has been reported missing after not returning home from a visit to a barber at Bagotstown last Wednesday.

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

                                                                                                                                     The Guyana Police Force says it is investigating a serious accident which occurred yesterday at about 7 am on Main Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice in which a female cop was injured.

Ninety-four new cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the Ministry of Health and 13 persons are in the ICU.

Two Guyanese are among a group of men, accused of importing over Bds $102,500 worth of cocaine into Barbados as well as possessing a firearm and ammunition, has been remanded to prison.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has handed over a quantity of oil spill equipment to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard.