Guyana News

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.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday denounced President Irfaan Ali’s announcement of a two-week bonus for health care workers, saying that it was done without the full input of the union.

Designated Chair of the Public Accounts Commit-tee (PAC) David Patterson yesterday signalled his intention to request special audits of the COVID-19 relief grant programme and the single-source procurement of 44 tractors by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

A vendor was found dead yesterday at Wismar, in Linden, where his body was found behind a shack.

Uche Raymond Okoye, also known as Uche Parker, a Nigerian national who police say is part of a criminal organisation that has allegedly scammed unsuspecting Guyanese victims out of millions, was faced with four charges on Tuesday, including demanding money by menace.

With its books now audited and brought up to date, the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union’s next Annual General Meeting (AGM) should be held by March 2021, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton announced yesterday.

The recent increase in novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Bartica is the result of residents refusing to adhere to preventative measures, according to Mayor Gifford Marshall, who says the region has since recommended the reinstatement of a 12-hour curfew and restrictions on non-essential movement.

With close to over $13 million unaccounted for by the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Coopera-tive Credit Union, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has been asked to execute a probe of suspicious transactions at the request of the Ministry of Labour, Minister Joseph Hamilton announced yesterday.

In a ruling earlier this month, the High Court granted the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) an order for the forfeiture of over $9 million, which investigators say was seized from drug trafficking convict Kevin Gordon as proceeds from the commission of a crime.

Lasheena Morgow, the woman who fatally stabbed her brother after an attempt to rescue her sister-in-law from being abused by him, was on Thursday granted bail after being charged with manslaughter.

Georgetown Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday ruled that a prima facie case has made against former policemen Derwin Eastman and Jameson Williams, who are charged with the October, 2017 murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 34 new COVID-19 cases as well as a significant reduction in the number of patients in the country’s COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

A two-week lockdown has been instituted at Orealla and its satellite village, Siparuta, in Region Six, after they recorded multiple cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in less than two weeks.

With only 18 active novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases remaining in St.

As it seeks to ensure that a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can be properly stored here at the required temperatures, Ministry of Health (MoH) has invited bids for the construction of a cold storage bond at Kingston.