Guyana News

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has announced that it has reached out to the ministries of Home Affairs and Human Services to partner with it in financing a visit by a team of forensic pathologists from Argentina to assist the Guyana Police Force in resolving the recent murders of West Berbice youth Joel and Isaiah Henry and Haresh Singh. 

The main parliamentary opposition yesterday maintained its call on Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond to resign her posts as minister and Member of Parliament.

Four persons, including a broker, are currently being questioned by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) as part of its probe of the recent discovery of a huge quantity of cocaine concealed in a shipment of scrap metal that was intercepted in Belgium, while the shipper is still being sought.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday commissioned a $30 million health centre at Bamia, Soesdyke-Linden High-way.

A farmer was chopped to death on Friday afternoon at Cassie Creek, Baramita, North West District (NWD) and the police are on the hunt for his assailant.

Tulsie Maniram, the Hampton Court resident who was struck down by a speeding funeral van almost a month ago along the Devonshire Castle Public Road, Essequibo Coast, succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has stated that his government never approached the US State Department to purchase four Bell helicopters and equipment for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The Integrity Commission will meet this week to begin compiling lists of those public officers who have failed to submit the required financial declaration mere days before the November 15th extended deadline.

Saying that he did not want to be a source of delays, attorney Sanjeev Datadin has withdrawn from serving as a prosecutor in the criminal proceedings against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield.

The best practices to ensure safety during teaching is the biggest concern of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Education Minister Priya Manickchand believes following a recent engagement ahead of tomorrow’s reopening of public schools.

Noting how quickly her elderly mother developed severe symptoms of COVID-19 before dying, Moblissa resident Coleen Williams is hoping that authorities move swiftly to isolate her father, who has also tested positive and has pre-existing conditions, so that he can be properly monitored.

The 11-year-old child who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and died on Friday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) will not be classified as a COVID-19 fatality, an official of the Ministry of Health (MoH) has said.

Following the confirmation of multiple cases of COVID-19 in St Cuthbert’s Mission, travel restrictions were imposed on the community to help curb the spread of the disease.

The Doobay Dialysis Centre is seeking donations to cover the cost of lifesaving dialysis treatments for some chronic kidney disease patients.

Merundoi Inc Director Margaret Lawrence, who recently won GTT’s ‘Pinktober TikTok challenge,’ has donated her $20,000 cash prize to a cancer patient for treatment.

The police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old man, whose lifeless body was found on a tomb in the Anna Catherina Cemetery yesterday afternoon.

A 19-year-old motorcyclist is currently hospitalised after he was injured in a three-vehicle accident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Bartica.

The Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force and the National Road Safety Council, on Friday launched a “Road Safety Education Enforcement Awareness Campaign” across seven regions across the country.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that 27 more COVID-19 cases were recorded from the latest results of testing, bringing the total number of cases in Guyana to 4,484 since the first case was confirmed here.

Following a meeting with vendors at the Corriverton Market on Friday, Region Six Police Commander Jairam Ramlakhan has agreed to assign ranks to conduct daily patrols there.