Guyana News

A sixty-eight-year-old man is dead following an accident yesterday morning at Wash Clothes, Mahaicony in which the bicycle he was riding collided with a lorry.

The Guyana Revenue Authority is reminding accountants, tax preparers and the general public that the extended due date for the submission of Income Tax, Property Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax Returns for the Year of Assessment 2020 (Year of Income 2019) is Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

An overseas-based Guyanese man was killed last Friday by an out-of-control SUV as he stood on a Brooklyn, New York sidewalk waiting for a bus to get home.

Opposition Member of Parliament Dawn Hastings last week  called on the government to extend projects started by the former coalition government  so as to benefit the people of the hinterland communities.

Three bandits robbed a Demerara Crystal Water worker in an attack at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara last Thursday as he was making a delivery.

On Thursday, September 17, 2020, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand met with contractors who usually do or have done work for the Ministry.

(Reuters) – The Jockey Club yesterday backed British sports bodies in their call for financial support from the government following its U-turn on allowing a limited number of spectators to attend events from October amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch today issued the following statement on the visit last week of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Forty-nine Guyanese who had been stranded in Suriname for months have been repatriated.

Guyana has recorded its 68th COVID-19 death. The latest fatality is a 74 -year-old woman from Barima/Waini (Region 1) who died while receiving care at the ministry’s medical facility, a statement from the ministry said.

By Readawne Henery North Georgetown Primary’s Samuel Barkoye and Stella Maris Primary’s Rovin Lall share Guyana’s top spot at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

President Irfaan Ali yesterday declared that his government will only accept the US$138m CJIA expansion works as was outlined in the original contract.

The police have arrested a sixth suspect in connection with the gruesome murders of teenaged cousins  Isiah and Joel Henry and the five others who were  detained earlier this week were set to be released last evening.

Former Sports Director Christopher Jones has filed a lawsuit against the Guyana Police Force for allegedly breaching his constitutional rights to protection from arbitrary search and deprivation of property in wake of a controversial search of his home and the removal of 18 barber chairs and two air conditioners altogether valued at $4.8 million.

Following just over two hours of consideration the Committee of Supply yesterday approved expenditure totalling more than $5.67 billion for the now disbanded Ministry of the Presidency and a contract with former APNU+AFC official Larry London for the purchase of birth certificates raised eyebrows.

Approximately 120 prisoners at the Lusignan Prison have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Minister of Health (MoH) Dr.

The Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd, the new owner of the Aurora Gold Mines Inc.

The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that two more persons from Region One, Barima-Waini have died after contracting the coronavirus disease.

Yuri Garcia-Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, the couple accused of operating a major Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of Guyanese of hundreds of millions of dollars, have moved to the High Court to get orders to prohibit the police from instituting or continuing the prosecution of criminal charges already instituted against them for fraud.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged the United Nations to strengthen solidarity to address the COVID-19 pandemic and commit to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.