Guyana News

There is still no functioning Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) five months after the official declaration of the results from the March 2 Regional Elections.

Thirty-three new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday, pushing Guyana’s total active cases to 307.

Region Six Chairman, David Armogan yesterday confirmed the resignation of the Skeldon Estate General Manager, Vishnu Panday, stressing that they are presently searching for his replacement. 

Thirty-seven persons in the public school dorms across Guyana have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

An Interim Management Committee (IMC) was installed last month to manage the affairs of the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Cooperative Credit Union, following a discovery of fraud. 

The residents of Overwinning, East Bank Berbice yesterday received 28 streetlights from the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall. 

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said its officers found a revolver with matching ammunition on a man while he was in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The police say that an inmate at the Lusignan Prison was yesterday found with cannabis hidden in his pants waist. 

The U.S. Embassy yesterday said that as part of the United States’ continued commitment to Guyana and its security, Navy Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S.

After being in and out of consciousness for approximately two weeks, city businessman Deodat Ramsamooj, who was struck down by a speeding car on December 26, 2020, is showing signs of recovery, his nephew Nathan Persaud said.

Renovations at the Palms Geriatric Home have been completed and the facility is now capable of accommodating 240 residents.

The newborn infant that was discovered abandoned in the compound of a sawmill in Kwebanna, Barima-Waini, Region One, on New Year’s Day has been discharged from a hospital in Region One and is in the care of its mother, a 14-year-old girl with a speech impairment, and her parents.

Police say a Brazilian national who died at a Region Seven mining campsite on Wednesday complained about pains and swelling in his abdomen before his death.

After battling a COVID-19 outbreak in October and November of last year, Toshao of Kwebanna, Paul Pierre, on Tuesday said that the community is basically “back to normal” as residents are operating as though the virus has been completely eradicated.

The U.S. Embassy today said that as part of the United States’ continued commitment to Guyana and its security, Navy Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) today said that the US Coast Guard (USCG) vessel  Stone will be in Guyana’s waters on Saturday, January 9 on an exercise.

A recommendation by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in 2019 for a high-level probe of gold trading in light of concerns about commingling with Venezuelan ore appears to have been ignored by the then APNU+AFC government.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating the alleged shooter in the murder of clothes vendor Paul Anthony Smith on New Year’s Day.

Kenford Downer, the man who allegedly set his house on fire with his wife and two young children inside, was yesterday remanded after being charged with three counts of murder.

Gunmen last night opened fire on a property at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara which was said to have once been occupied by alleged Ponzi scheme accused, Yuri Garcia Dominguez.