Guyana News

Police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of an accident on Friday night after hitting and killing a pedestrian on the Hydronie Public Road, on the East Bank of Essequibo.

A 35-year-old carpenter is now dead after he collided with a car while riding his motorcycle on the Number 5 Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that an additional 28 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been confirmed.

The COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal is fully operational, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced.

Since the establishment of the specialised courts, sexual offence cases are being addressed more speedily by the judiciary and it has been found that complainants are also more likely to follow through with their complaints.

Prominent member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and attorney James Bond was on Friday released from police custody after being arrested in connection with the ongoing probe of the award of state lands at Peters Hall, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit has sanctioned local firm Ramotar and Sons Contracting after the company recorded at least one death and a serious work-related accident between 2018 and 2019.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has made a payment of $123 million to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) from its own earnings in an attempt to clear a debt to the insurer which now stands at $475 million.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Friday launched its Experiential Tourism initiative, which aims to enable tourists to participate directly in activities at three destinations.

The four main access roads in Tuschen are due to be rehabilitated as part of $185 million in road works slated to begin soon in the West Coast Demerara community, whose thousands of residents are expected to benefit.

The Home Affairs Ministry has donated a patrol boat to the Region Three Community Policing Division, which is expected to support crime fighting in Wakenaam and Leguan.

Members of the Village Council of Campbelltown, in Region Eight, have voiced their disappointment at only being presented with copies of the petition seeking their removal one day before investigation into several allegations against them made by residents commenced.

A Corentyne salesman was shot in his abdomen yesterday afternoon after bandits attempted to rob his truck outside of the Sunshine Supermarket, located along the Chesney Public Road, Corentyne. 

A bid by police to make the East Bank Public Road safer for travellers resulted in major traffic congestion on Friday.

A Prison Officer was recently charged over the discovery of cannabis at the Prison Officers’ Quarters, located at the Lusignan Prison Officers’ Sports Club.

Police are investigating the death of a 72-year-old Edingburgh Village, East Bank Berbice man, who is suspected of having taken his own life on Thursday.

Over 30 students from Unity Grant who are enrolled in the Warapoka Primary and Nursery schools, in Region One, are expected to benefit from the recent donation of a 30-ft boat and 15 horse power engine.

The Community Policing Division Three, which has responsibility for the islands of Wakenaam and Leguan in the Essequibo River, now has a patrol boat thanks to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

With $185M in contracts awarded, road works will soon commence in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has been briefed by the Director of Prisons,  Gladwin Samuels regarding the recent discovery of a quantity of suspected narcotics at the Prison Officers’ Quarters, located at the Lusignan Prison Officers’ Sports Club.