Guyana News

Following two days of zero new cases, five more persons have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday.

Esherdai Jailall, the mother of cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe, yesterday said that the outpouring of support from persons who learnt of her daughter’s condition has been comforting.

The Hydrometeorological Service (Hydromet) and Environmental Management Consultants (EMC) have begun a meteorology and water quality baseline monitoring programme for the Lower Essequibo Watershed.

Police are still to identify a man who shot himself to death on Robb Street, in Georgetown, early on Sunday morning.

Guyana is awaiting advice from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) as it relates to the new COVID-19 strain detected in the United Kingdom (UK) and flight restrictions.

President Irfaan Ali has urged Guyanese living in Canada to return home to invest.

Leader of the People’s National Congress David Granger handed over the Government of Guyana’s $25,000 ‘Covid-19 relief and support household grant’ to five villagers from the Mocha-Arcadia Neighbourhood, East Bank Demerara.

At a price of close to US$49.50 per barrel of oil, Guyana has received its fourth one million barrels of oil scheduled for this year and will get its first lift for 2021 in February next year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed.

Police this morning announced the arrest of a Cuban national wanted in connection with the gruesome murders  of a Princes Street, Lodge mother and her 11-year-old daughter.

President  Irfaan Ali last evening said that his Government is working to provide free education at the University of Guyana by the end of 2024.

A 29-year-old father of two died yesterday morning after jumping onto a  moving car and being dragged into several parked vehicles on D’Urban Street, Lodge.

A fire of unknown origin during the wee hours of yesterday destroyed a wooden house in Jackson Creek, Upper Corentyne resulting in the death of the owner.

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

President Irfaan Ali  last week announced the re-introduction of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative.

A meeting of groups representing indigenous persons earlier this month called on the new PPP/C government to honour its promise that revision of the Amerindian Act of 2006 is a priority.

Distribution of the $25,000 per household COVID-19 stimulus grant is currently underway on the East Bank of Demerara  and former President David Granger yesterday collected for his household.

Government is set to embark on a programme to help to promote the use of arbitration in commercial disputes with Guyana positioning itself as an arbitration hub. 

A twenty-nine-year-old man was chopped in the face and the perpetrator arrested following an altercation between the two on Christmas night at Marihaba, Moruca, North West District.

A West Bank Demerara woman’s car was stolen and found yesterday following her choosing to be a Good Samaritan by providing a lift for a known man.

The Police say they are investigating a minor accident which occurred on Christmas Day at about 5 pm on the Den Amstel Public Road involving an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) # CJ3400 owned by the Guyana Police Force and driven by Police Constable 24167 Lyle of Den Amstel Police Station and pedestrian Shawn Peters, age 45 years of Back Street, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.