Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is presently searching for a 40-year-old Kumaka construction worker who is suspected of trafficking a 17-year-old Venezuelan girl.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has welcomed a bill which seeks broad-based representation on the Law Reform Commission but has expressed concern at the proposed rules of selection.

Fishermen, fish vendors, and business owners who operate from the Meadow Bank wharf, in Georgetown have voiced their concerns over the lack of security and improper management there.

A police officer is now hospitalised with a fractured pelvic bone after he was hit down by a driver who fled police at Agriculture Access Road, Triumph.

A twenty-nine-year-old miner drowned at about midday on Sunday after he went swimming in an old mining pit at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Puruni River, Cuyuni/Mazaruni.

Watch: Briefing by Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn on the discovery of bodies in a boat floating about 120 km offshore Georgetown on Monday afternoon.

Thirty companies have expressed interest for the Consultancy Services in conducting a Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs for the proposed bridge across the Corentyne River, according to a release today from the Ministry of Public Works.

Four prisoners escaped today from the Mazaruni Prison including two who were convicted of murder.

Stakeholders yesterday used a Local Content consultation – primarily focused on the oil and gas industry – to request that government legislate for easier access to financing especially for small to medium size enterprises (SMEs).

Local authorities have launched an investigation into the discovery of bodies in a boat floating about 120 km offshore Georgetown yesterday afternoon.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said  that at last word 668 healthcare workers have gotten the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and that he is pleased with the response.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said that a Board of Inquiry has been convened to investigate a rape complaint by a Mabaruma girl against five soldiers.

The National Assembly last Thursday approved a bill to improve management of the estates of deceased persons valued at up to $750,000 where no will has been left.  

Guyana yesterday recorded its 187th fatality as a result of the novel coronavirus while only one new case was reported.

The suspect in the recent fatal stabbing of Sophia resident Kevin Smith was yesterday charged with murder.

The Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricul-ture Development Authority’s (MMA-ADA) Land Dispute Resolution sub-committee is now in place, according to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture.

City Engineer Colvern Venture has secured an interim injunction against the Mayor and City Councillors who have publicly declared their intention to dismiss him from his post despite not actually having the power to do so.

Attorney Leon Oswald Rockliffe has died. He was 90 years old.

Relatives of Haresh Singh, the West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenager who was murdered more than five months ago during unrest yesterday staged a protest outside the Office of the President as they continue their quest for justice.

Tropical Orchard Products Company Limited (TOPCO), a subsidiary of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), yesterday launched its new range of  one-litre juices and juice drinks in four flavours.