Guyana News

Amid concerns that Venezuelan gold was filtering into the local market in 2019 and the Guyana dollar was depreciating substantially as a result, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) had recommended that a high level team be established to do a comprehensive review of the trading of the precious metal.

Following the widespread circulation of a video showing Police Officers violently restraining a member of the public, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is claiming that the police actions including violently kicking the citizen to the head were acts of self-defence.

A 59-year-old woman of Grove, East Bank Demerara died after being struck yesterday by a minibus owned by the Guyana Police Force.

A new National Strategic Plan (NSP) to address HIV was launched yesterday and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced that a more comprehensive Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme would be rolled out this year.

Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past few days has resulted in several farming and residential areas in Charity, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, being affected by flooding.

Cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe succumbed yesterday, a day after her 16th birthday.

A Crane, West Bank Demerara businessman was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over 4.236 kilos (9.3lbs) of marijuana.

By Readawne Henery Photos by Orlando Charles The Ministry of Public Works is currently upgrading sections of the avenues along Waterloo and Carmichael streets that are flood prone. 

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has admitted that their intensive care unit (ICU) was filled to capacity between December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021 during which time accident victim, a Diamond Hospital nurse, Danata Damon succumbed to her injuries.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) in a release yesterday said that it has settled the dispute between the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL) and the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) in accordance with existing labour laws.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decided that its first order of business will be to complete the examination of the Auditor General’s Report for the fiscal year 2016 and decide on the process of selection for the members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

Twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after 329 persons were tested.

An employee of a surveying firm under contract to the Eugene F.

A security guard was robbed on Monday night while on her way to work.

A Leonora man has been fined $7,500 after he admitted to driving under the influence, resulting in him crashing into two parked vehicles early on Monday morning.

Residents of Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder yesterday received three streetlights which were sent by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, after same was requested from him during a recent visit to the area. 

Police are still working to positively identify the decomposed body of a man who was found dead in a Second Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven home on Saturday.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill today maintained that the new asphalt plant constructed last year is still not functioning.

Several sections of Black Bush Polder, Region Six remained under water up to this afternoon as authorities  worked to drain the key agricultural area.

A woman is now set to face just over a dozen charges after she allegedly scammed groups of men in Berbice by pretending to facilitate accredited training courses for would-be seafarers.