Guyana News

The body of a woman was yesterday afternoon pulled from the Essequibo River by persons living along the Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo.

A Corriverton cyclist died while receiving medical attention at the Skeldon Public Hospital after he was involved in an accident along the Springlands Public Road around 11.30 am yesterday.

After nine years, the Government of Guyana has warned China Harbour and Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) that it is mulling legal action against it since it has failed to deliver on works for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri expansion project.

Measures implemented to stem the spread of COVID-19 at Guyana’s two international airports have proven to be successful as there have been no negative reports since the reopening of the airports, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt.

A seventeen-year-old boy of Windsor Forest is missing and believed to have drowned yesterday midday after he was caught in the tide while setting fishing hooks in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 feet from the seawall.

Police on Saturday night arrested a man in connection with the arson at Arakaka Police Station.

Introduction To mark the 60th anniversary of the first Tied Test match in cricket, in Brisbane on 14 December 1960, we reproduce two articles that reflect Joe Solomon’s astounding role in this historic event.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has declared that its member states will continue to accept medical missions from Cuba and acknowledged the contribution of these teams to the wellbeing of the Caribbean people especially during the fight against COVID-19.

Abdel Nur, a Guyanese man who had pleaded guilty in the 2006 plot to blow up New York’s John F Kennedy Airport was deported here on Thursday on the completion of his sentence.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced that four more tourism businesses have been granted conditional approval to reopen.

An early morning fire yesterday left a New Amsterdam pensioner and her relatives homeless mere weeks before Christmas.

A decision is due to be made today on how the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against the five men accused of killing Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian Latchman, would proceed in wake of the recent escape of one of the men.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) will be approaching the courts to compel the Speaker of the National Assembly to convene the parliamentary committees including the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

A New Amsterdam man is now hospitalized after he was involved in an accident along the Chesney Public Road yesterday.

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony on Thursday reminded citizens that personal responsibility is necessary for keeping the spread of COVID-19 low during the current holiday season.

The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The Police say they are investigating an arson and murder at #4 miles squatting Area, Bartica, where a  dwelling  was set on fire and a woman and two of her children were burnt to death.

(Immigration and Customs Enforcement press release) PHILADELPHIA – Officers with U.S.

The controversial former Canadian politician Alison Redford has been hired again by the Government of Guyana for more work in the petroleum sector.