Guyana News

The police in Region Three are investigating the alleged rape of a female minor and the suspect has already been arrested.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday launched a Child Advocacy Centre in Springlands, Upper Corentyne and Whim Village, Corentyne with Minister Vindhya Persaud stating that such initiatives are important to create a space for young children where they can visit and access help.

The government has moved to extend the implementation of the national COVID-19 emergency measures for another month even as the number of positive cases of the virus in Guyana continues to increase daily.

The Ministry of Health’s ongoing Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign across Guyana to eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis has been extended to East Berbice-Corentyne, Region Six.

The Ministry of Health says it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday.

Earlier this morning the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said it conducted a cordon and search on several houses in the following areas: 1.

Stating that a dark cloud was hovering over cricket in Guyana, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport today said that it will name a new date for elections to the Guyana Cricket Board following the aborting of yesterday’s proceedings.

Admitting that it blundered on critical aspects of the petroleum sector, the opposition yesterday offered support to the government for a united stand in dealing with ExxonMobil to correct deficiencies and it also launched a scorching attack on plans for a gas to shore project at Wales.

Guyana is expected to receive a donation of 80,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 from the Government of India net week.

The services of former Director General of Maritime Administration (MARAD) and recently appointed Advisor on Maritime Affairs Claudette Rogers have been terminated by the Ministry of Public Works, Minister Juan Edghill last told the National Assembly.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has requested the removal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Linden Hospital Complex after he was reported as saying that the nurses regularly abandoned their duties to engage in extramarital affairs. 

Police were up to last night searching for four prisoners, including two Venezuelan nationals, who escaped from the Lethem Police Station through lockup through a hole they dug in the ground.

High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan on Monday ruled against the Georgetown Mayor and City Councilors’ (M&CC) application of a 400% rate increase and demand for Plantation Houston Sugar Estates Company Limited to pay in excess of $500 million in rates and taxes on lands it owns at Houston/Rome.

A sum of $100 million has been allocated for the restoration of the City Hall building, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall announced on Thursday.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon and a team yesterday held an “overdue” meeting with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) top brass for discussion on a number of matters, including the “selective enforcement” of COVID-19 measures and “sloth” in the investigation of the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry, and Haresh Singh.

Deputy Speaker and opposition member Lenox Shuman on Friday evening endorsed the proposed 2021 national budget even as he sounded the call for the opposition to operate with integrity and hold the government accountable.

Minister of Housing and Water Colin Croal yesterday told the National Assembly that the APNU+AFC administration’s largest housing project failed to accomplish the objective of facilitating home ownership because the former government failed to amend the relevant laws.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn last evening told the National Assembly that a sum of $300 million is missing from the Guyana Police Force’s Finance Department.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Sandra Dee Barker, the ACME General Store Manager who was found dead in her office on Wednesday, has determined that her death was caused by high blood pressure, which led to brain haemorrhaging.

Shelly Modeste, the five year-old Essequibo girl who was found dead in her bed in the wee hours of Thursday morning, died as a result of an infection in the abdomen.