Guyana News

Nineteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported yesterday by the Ministry of Health as cases continue to climb here even though the figure was far less than Sunday’s 76.

Lowlands on the East Coast of Demerara is getting relief from flooding after the Ministry of Agriculture deployed an excavator to the area on Saturday.

A man who was charged with break and entry and armed robbery has been released on $100,000 bail.

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and the former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), Rawlston Adams, were today released on $200,000 bail, each, after being charged with defrauding the DHBC.

Guyana yesterday called for the release of two fishing boats intercepted by the Venezuelan Navy in this country’s waters on Thursday  and said that it will be alerting the international community of the violation, even as it pursues “all diplomatic channels” for the safe return of the 12 persons currently  in custody.

Last year, 3,129 children were abused – a number that has shocked Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud. 

A third year medical student of the University of Guyana yesterday afternoon drowned during an outing with friends at St.

A twenty-nine-year-old employee of the Linden Electricity Company Inc. died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a car at Mackenzie, Linden on Saturday afternoon.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and a paddy bug infestation, rice exports increased by 14% up to November last year earning an additional US$23,963,842 when compared to 2019, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha told Stabroek News on Saturday.

A twenty-four-year-old pork-knocker is currently a patient at the Port Kaituma District Hospital after he was shot in both legs last Thursday following an argument with an intoxicated man at Five Star Landing, North West District.

Scotiabank Guyana registered a profit after tax of $1.335b for the financial year ended October 31, 2020, down 40.86%  over the previous year.

As part of its efforts to help eradicate the scourge of abuse, especially against women and children, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) recently launched the Spotlight Initiative programme to educate, spread awareness, and provide intervention to victims of violence regardless of gender and age.

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

A twenty-two-year-old labourer is currently nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot three  times about his body by one of four persons at Barbie Dam, East La Penitence, Georgetown.

A Superbet clerk was on Saturday night robbed at Front Street, Patentia, West Bank Demerara, while in the process of locking up the business.

A forty-year-old porter is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) having suffered multiple injuries about his body after he was pinned by a lorry on Saturday along the Toraturu Trail, Mazaruni.

Dialogue on the removal of the US ban on catfish from Guyana continues between the Ministry of Agriculture and the US Embassy, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said when contacted on Saturday.

By Readawne Henery Kalesh Puran, General Manager of Puran Brothers Inc, is presently awaiting official word from the Mayor and City Council regarding the company being excluded from the new listing of garbage collectors in the city.

A man was on Friday given community service after he admitted to having of 37 grammes of cannabis on his person when he was searched by the police.

Guyanese-born regional journalist, George Alleyne, passed away suddenly at his home in Barbados on Friday.