Guyana News

Three new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after some 168 more persons were tested for the virus.

A Rose Hall, Corentyne man yesterday escaped after he threatened his ex-wife at the New Amsterdam Police Station, while being armed with two knives. 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed that a few persons have been forging COVID-19 test results in order to travel.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of David Barclay, the man who died after he jumped onto a moving car that dragged him, revealed his cause of death to have been multiple injuries.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is investigating the suspected suicide of a 13-year-old girl, of Timehri, East Bank Demerara, which occurred yesterday afternoon.

A Port Kaituma man, who was injured in a collision last Friday when the ATV he was operating toppled, has succumbed to his injuries.

The Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government has embarked on a project to swiftly repair 100 roads using sums from the $600 million requested recently from the National Assembly.

A miner was yesterday stabbed during an argument with another man at Eyelash Backdam, North West District.

A nine-year-old West Bank Demerara boy is now hospitalised after he was struck down by a car along the Canal Number One Access Road on Monday afternoon.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday  hosted its first ever Holiday Hot Meal activities in Central Georgetown, Region 4 and New Amsterdam, Berbice, Region 6.

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) today launched its ‘Homebuilders Road Map’ with the aim of eliminating issues that persons interested in constructing or renovating a home may encounter.

Container courts that are intended to ensure continued and wider access to justice across Guyana were launched at the Lusignan Prison yesterday.

Cuban national Joel Rodriguez, the suspect in the murders of Princes Street resident Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter Larissa Singh, had exhibited a jealous streak that prompted a warning by a relative of the victims.

A total of 153,376 households have received a $25,000 cash grant from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Protection as part of the government’s COVID-19 relief effort while 16,365 secondary households have received a “pink slip” as a government promissory note of a second visit. 

The Office of the Auditor General has recommended that the police be engaged to do a comprehensive investigation into the controversial D’Urban Park stadium and  a report submitted for audit.

The mother of Andre Thompson, the eight-year-old who was found hanging from a piece of wood attached to a pig pen at Linden a week ago, believes that he was killed.

As part of the investigation of the discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal that was shipped to Belgium more than a month ago, ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) are sorting over 50,000 images which were retrieved after they were deleted from a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) scanner database.

Eighty-nine percent of village councils failed to submit reports to the Ministry of the Presidency on how they spent $203.9m in grants for the year 2019.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday announced that the government has indicated its willingness to share the autopsy reports for West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Joel and Isaiah Henry and Haresh Singh with Director of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) Dr.

The National Assembly yesterday approved  $4.15 billion in spending from the Contingency Fund to cover expenses incurred during the period June to December 2019.