Guyana News

A total of ten persons are currently patients at the Liliendaal Centre for Infectious Disease and Control even as minor works continue at the facility.

The Ministry of Agriculture is to dispatch two machines to Hope and Unity, East Coast Demerara today to undertake critical drainage works, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.Minister

The police are investigating the death of an unidentified man who was found yesterday in a decomposed state in an abandoned building at Kara Kara, MacKenzie, Linden.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) which has been tasked with assessing the areas affected by recent flooding and high tides and the distribution of supplies to these areas, has commenced its operations.

Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, yesterday recommended that a complaints book be placed at every NDC.

Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old toddler of Lower Kaituma, North West District, who collapsed and died on Tuesday midday while playing.

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice woman was today placed on $680,000 bail after she was charged with seventeen counts of obtaining by false pretense following reports to the police over an alleged bogus seaman’s training course.  

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently providing the Guyana Police Force  (GPF) with “technical assistance” in relation to the investigations into the brutal murders of West Coast Berbice  (WCB) teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh.

Amid concerns that Venezuelan gold was filtering into the local market in 2019 and the Guyana dollar was depreciating substantially as a result, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) had recommended that a high level team be established to do a comprehensive review of the trading of the precious metal.

Following the widespread circulation of a video showing Police Officers violently restraining a member of the public, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is claiming that the police actions including violently kicking the citizen to the head were acts of self-defence.

A 59-year-old woman of Grove, East Bank Demerara died after being struck yesterday by a minibus owned by the Guyana Police Force.

A new National Strategic Plan (NSP) to address HIV was launched yesterday and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced that a more comprehensive Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme would be rolled out this year.

Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past few days has resulted in several farming and residential areas in Charity, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, being affected by flooding.

Cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe succumbed yesterday, a day after her 16th birthday.

A Crane, West Bank Demerara businessman was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over 4.236 kilos (9.3lbs) of marijuana.

By Readawne Henery Photos by Orlando Charles The Ministry of Public Works is currently upgrading sections of the avenues along Waterloo and Carmichael streets that are flood prone. 

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has admitted that their intensive care unit (ICU) was filled to capacity between December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021 during which time accident victim, a Diamond Hospital nurse, Danata Damon succumbed to her injuries.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) in a release yesterday said that it has settled the dispute between the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL) and the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) in accordance with existing labour laws.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decided that its first order of business will be to complete the examination of the Auditor General’s Report for the fiscal year 2016 and decide on the process of selection for the members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

Twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after 329 persons were tested.