Guyana News

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

Following positive COVID-19 tests among some teachers and students, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has called on the Ministry of Education to close schools in Bartica for 14 days to allow for isolation and quarantine where needed.

ExxonMobil yesterday confirmed a hydrocarbon discovery from the Tanager, its first well in the Kaieteur Block, offshore Guyana, but said it does not appear to be economic on a standalone basis even as it pledged to press on with exploration activities in the area.

The Village Council of Warapoka is hoping to impose a two-week lockdown on the indigenous community, which now accounts for the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in Region One.

The Police have taken two persons into custody in connection with the murder of a  16-year-old girl whose body was found behind her home in Baramita, Region One, on Sunday.

A Rosignol man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with fatally stabbing his wife on Friday evening in the house they shared together with their three children. 

Local businessman Eddie Doolal, the recipient of a lease from NICIL for controversial lands at Peters Hall yesterday said that the transactions for his plots can withstand scrutiny and he believes that he is caught in the middle of a political feud.

A porter was yesterday charged with the murder of security guard Bharrat Dass, who recently succumbed in hospital after he was found battered behind a city pharmacy.

Twenty-six-year-old Devon Chacon was yesterday released from prison after Justice Navindra Singh sentenced him to time served for the 2016 killing of father of two, Abdool Ameer Subrati whom he shot during a robbery.

The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that the latest fatality was identified as a 42-year-old man from Region Four.

Teshawna Lall has  been appointed as the new General Manager of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC).

Senior Officers of the Ministry of Education yesterday donated blood at the National Blood Transfusion Service for a student of Santa Rosa Secondary who was diagnosed with Leukemia.

The trial of the young man accused of the 2016 murder of Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali is set to commence at 9 this morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

With only a few cases recorded, the Regional Chairperson of Region Two, Vilma DaSilva, has stated that the COVID-19 situation in the region is under control.

Drainage was the key issue raised when Mocha farmers met yesterday with Minis-ter of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – West Indian international Chadwick Walton played a supporting role to top Pakistan batsman Babar Azam to lead Karachi Kings to their first Pakistan Super League Twenty20 title with a five-wicket win over arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the final yesterday.

A mere five days before its November 15 deadline the Integrity Commission had received only around 50% of the 1,300 financial declarations which persons in public life are required to submit.

Residents of Somerset Court have lauded the Ministry of Local Government’s construction of the main road in their community, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

Rajkumar Parbhu, the pedal cyclist who was hit by a car along the Montrose Public Road on November 4th 2020, is now at home recuperating.

Caribbean governments including Guyana are being encouraged to invest in infrastructure as a means to stimulate the local economy post COVID-19.