Guyana News

The six-year-old East Canje, Berbice girl badly beaten by her mother on Sunday is slowly recovering and her father is now keeping vigil over her at the Georgetown Hospital.

Regional Commander of Region Nine, Keithon King, who has been accused of smuggling a quantity of uncustomed alcohol from Lethem to Georgetown, yesterday denied that that was the situation and has signalled to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) he will be paying the required tax for the alcohol under his name.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine has expressed disappointment with the City Engineer’s Department over its failure to properly carry out its duties.

Joshua Meredith was yesterday sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the 2016 killing of Charlestown youth Gregory Garraway.

A Netherlands-registered vessel, NLIST DLEP is responsible for the damage to the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Demerara River submarine power cable, which occurred just over two weeks ago.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that his Government will work on a special housing programme to enhance the lives of all members of the police force and he called for improved performance and greater professionalism.

Clavor Paul, 20,  a miner from Region Nine,  died on Friday after the walls of a pit he was working in at St Elizabeth Backdam, Region Eight, caved in.

The economics teacher who in November was sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of indulging in sexual activity with a student is seeking to have his sentence appealed.

Almost two months after gold mining activities were halted in Campbelltown, Region Eight, residents are threatening to take matters into their own hands as they can no longer afford to sustain their families, according to now-suspended Toshao, Marbel Thomas.

Five persons are now patients at the New Amsterdam Hospital following an accident involving five vehicles yesterday morning at Sun Rise, West Coast Berbice.

A pedestrian is now hospitalised after he was struck by an intoxicated Ministry of Social Protection driver who was speeding along Plantain Walk Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Monday night.

Work on the collapsed Tiger Creek Bridge in Region Eight continues to be delayed by persistent rain but the contractor has been helping vehicles to travel through the area via a bypass.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were yesterday recorded in Guyana, increasing the number of fatalities to 158.

President Irfaan Ali today announced that his Government will work on a special housing programme to enhance the lives of all members of the police force.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred last night at about 10.45 in the vicinity of the new Gafoor’s access road on Mc Doom Public Road, Georgetown, involving a motor car driven by a Guyana Defence Force rank, age 23, of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara and two other occupants: Ameena Sooklall (now deceased), age 33 years of Providence, East Bank Demerara and Alston Edwards, age 26 years of Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown.

The embattled Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is to build a five-storey multipurpose complex at Lot 41 High and Cowan streets.

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

President Irfaan Ali and three former PPP/C Presidents yesterday agreed that constitutional and electoral reforms should be people driven.

A Christian missionary couple from Hauraruni died last evening following a collision between their car and a lorry along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.