Guyana News

A journalist of La Parfait Harmonie was on Saturday night assaulted and robbed by two men who he was involved in an accident with.

ExxonMobil Guyana is celebrating the first year of oil production from the Liza field offshore and says it has reached full capacity of 120,000 barrels per day.

The Audit Office of Guyana has recommended that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) conduct an in-depth investigation into the Health Ministry’s rental of the Sussex Street, Charlestown drug bond under the former government as well as institute charges where necessary.

A woman and her two-year-old grandson are now dead after the boat in which they were travelling capsized in the Lower Pomeroon River on Friday night as they were returning home.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan “It is a great victory to the people of Guyana”, President Irfaan Ali declared on Friday 18 December as he welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice on the border case.

Two relatives of the murdered teen cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry were on Friday faced with five charges in wake of an altercation with Guyana Police Force ranks at the Sparendaam Police Station.

Four persons were arrested yesterday after ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) unearthed approximately 189 pounds of high-grade marijuana at a Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast house.

The recent increase of COVID-19 cases in Region Ten is a result of persons continuing to disregard COVID-19 preventative measures, including infected persons who are refusing to adhere to isolation protocols, Regional Chairman Deron Adams has said.

Up to Friday, almost 12,000 households in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) had received the government’s $25,000 COVID-19 relief grants. 

With the Christmas season usually being a time when people are more at risk for mental health struggles, a clinical psychotherapist has said even more intervention is needed now due to the added anxieties brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 29 additional cases of COVID-19 have been recorded, taking the total number of cases recorded by Guyana to 6,105.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday made good on a pledge to award university scholarships to three soldiers stationed at Kaikan in Region Seven.

Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira on Friday said while former president David Granger made a political misstep when he refused to attend last week’s lunch meeting with President Irfaan Ali, the administration is still open to engaging him.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has called on Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh to pronounce on the election body’s preparedness to hold local government polls, while calling the potential involvement of elections officials who have been charged with misconduct in office “unacceptable.”

Online Guyana, a new e-commerce company, has created a virtual marketplace where local businesses can sell their products.

A 27-year-old pedestrian succumbed at a city hospital early yesterday morning, hours after he was allegedly struck down by a Ministry of Housing and Water pick-up truck along the Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) public road.

Vendors of the East Ruimveldt Market are upset with a Local Government Ministry decision to greenlight rehabilitation works that requires them to vacate the area at a time when they usually see an increase in sales. 

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud yesterday installed five Boards of Guardians in Region Six to review applications for public assistance. 

Residents of the township of Mabaruma, in Region One, are expected to receive a 24-hour electricity supply from today with the installation of a new generator at the Mabaruma Power Station.

(Reuters) – Australia spearhead Pat Cummins was pleasantly surprised by their fiery, flawless display of pace bowling which consigned India to a record low total in the opening day-night test yesterday.