Guyana News

A woman’s grief turned to anger on Sunday when she went to a city funeral home to dress her father’s corpse for his funeral service and found that her family had been given the wrong body. 

Forty-six new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday with the majority of them  in Region Four.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has received 12 Expressions of Interest (EoI) after publicly advertising in the hope of raising US$250m ($50b) to support its housing development plans.

The U.S. Embassy yesterday announced the 2021 cohort from Guyana for the U.S.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) has placed 66 children with foster families this year, in keeping with its goal to reduce the number of children in institutionalised care. 

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) yesterday said that customers sending letters and parcels to London, England are asked to note that all mails to this destination have been suspended until further notice.

Local anti-drug authorities and their overseas counterparts have been exchanging information as the probe continues into the discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal in Belgium more than a month ago.

Massy Motors Guyana Limited last evening launched its partnership with four worldwide brands through a virtual presentation.

Riley Gill, the man who was arrested on Friday night after the boat which he was captaining capsized in the Lower Pomeroon River resulting in the deaths of his wife and two-year-old grandson has been released on $100,000 station bail.

Lucius Welcome, the biker who was injured in a collision along the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara, almost three weeks ago, is still hospitalised.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar (left) presents the cheque to  Nadie Budwah at Vriesland.

A 47-year-old security guard was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Cummings Lodge resident, Merlyn Singh who was discovered dead in her bedroom two Fridays ago.

In anticipation of an infrastructural development boom from the oil sector coupled with government’s own expansion plans, Essequibo businessman Tamesh Jagmohan hopes by mid-2021 to begin operations at the 7,000-plus acres Mazaruni, Region 7 quarry he was recently issued a licence for.

Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Edward Greene has called on the government to honour its pledge to see higher education as not only an expenditure but an investment in human capital.

A Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne construction worker died yesterday after he slammed into a cow along the public road around 11 pm on Saturday.

Shonette Francis, a nurse at the Kumaka District Hospital, is one of several assigned to taking care of isolated COVID patients in the Moruca sub district of Region One.

Forging ahead with their plan to make Guyana a regional hub, local airline operator Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has announced the launch of flights between the Boa Vista-Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport and the Eugene F.

A family of four is now contemplating their next move after a fire ravaged their Eccles home yesterday morning.

Appearing before the Guyana Court of Appeal on Friday, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack SC maintained that her order directing that murder accused Marcus Bisram be committed to stand trial was lawfully made.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Association of Trawler Owners and Seafood Processors (GATOSP) are still to meet on the controversial approval of two trawler licences in the Seabob trade which can undermine conservation efforts.