Guyana News

The badly decomposed body of an East Coast Demerara man who went missing in the Canje Creek on Friday has  been recovered.

Contracts for the expansion of existing vaccination storage centres have already been awarded as preparations to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are underway.

The police are investigating a matter concerning two men who were seen in a surveillance video attacking another man in the vicinity of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Chinese Ambassador to Guyana  Cui Jianchun yesterday paid a final courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd.  “You have represented China well”, the Foreign Minister said, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs release.

Two men were on Monday charged with robbery under arms committed on an 18-year-old teen at Mashabo, Essequibo Coast.

The Public Accounts Committee on Monday found the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guilty of breaching the Fiscal Management and Accountability (FMA) Act in 2016 after it retained $33.2 million rather than return it to the Consolidated Fund, as it sought to utilise the sum to fund the construction of its headquarters in Ganges Street.

Attorneys representing former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Gary Best, are seeking to have the driving-under-the-influence charge brought against him dismissed.

A hotel manager was robbed on Monday night at knifepoint by two men while on the way to his Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara home.

A 33-year-old man was on Monday released on $300,000 bail after he was brought before the court for allegedly posting nude photographs of a minor on his WhatsApp status.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Guyana, a still young nation with great promise but historical fault-lines, faces formidable national security challenges.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) today said that it is deliberating to fast-track a thorough investigation following a disturbing social media post at the weekend alleging racial bias on the part of certain Commissioners as it relates to filling of vacancies for Heads of Department.

One of the two petitions filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC challenging the results of the March 2nd 2020 polls has been dismissed because its presidential candidate David Granger was not served on time but the other one will proceed and timelines were yesterday set for it.

“A bunch of lies” is how Jimmy James yesterday described his party’s claim that he was unwell and that he no longer wanted to take up his seat on the Region Eight council.

Following through with the recommendations of a probe report and the board of directors of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has decided to send home General Manager Rawlston Adams.

A pensioner was burnt to death yesterday afternoon after a fire of unknown origin gutted the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) apartment which he rented.

Finding a life sentence against Deosarran Bisnauth to have been severe, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday instead imposed a 12-year sentence on the man who was convicted of manslaughter back in 2017.

The body of a 49-year-old Sandhills man was retrieved from the Berbice River yesterday morning after he reportedly fell overboard following a boat mishap on Saturday.

Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said that more cooperation is needed from residents of Moraikobai to better assess the COVID-19 situation in the area even as more cases have been recorded.

Twenty-three new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after some 262 more persons were tested for the virus.

Attorney Jerome Khan has been hospitalised with  Covid-19 and has warned about the seriousness of the virus.