Guyana News

Several bills lowering fees and another removing corporation tax on private health care in line with the 2020 budget were approved in the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Four months after Terry Danraj died in a motor vehicle accident at La Penitence, the truck driver involved in the accident has been charged with vehicular manslaughter.

A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, hire car driver, was arrested on Tuesday evening after he torched the house he once occupied with his partner and her daughter, which was located in Reliance, East Canje Berbice. 

A 26-year-old police constable stationed at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), Eve Leary was on Tuesday night held at gunpoint and robbed of his XR motorcycle.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Around midnight on February 23, Eulalio Bravo, a marine electrician, was dozing in his rack aboard the San Ramon, an oil tanker anchored off the coast of Venezuela.

The Good Life Supermarket at Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was burgled on Sunday evening for the second time in three months.  

Two more persons have died as a result of COVID-19 in Guyana while 48 new positive cases have been recorded.

President Irfaan Ali says that forensic evidence obtained by the police in the murders of teenaged cousins Isiah and Joel Henry has been sent to St.

Leroy Chacon was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was found guilty of committing a sexual offence on the body of a woman at a mortuary.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) this evening said that as of  5 pm today, two other persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Alliance For Change has summoned an emergency meeting for Sunday following the controversy at the Region Four elections where its candidate for Vice-Chair was rejected by its fellow APNU coalition members.

The PPP/C government this afternoon confirmed that the two international airports will reopen to commercial flights on October 12th.

According to its General Secretary, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is investigating why an agreement between it and the Alliance for Change (AFC) fell apart during the Election of Chair and Vice Chair of two Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs).

Camex Restaurants Inc, operator of the Church’s Chicken and Dairy Queen franchises among others has announced a partnership with a regional private equity fund to expand the company’s operations here in Guyana and across the Caribbean.

The maritime pact signed this month for joint patrols between Guyana and the US will see personnel from the two countries being placed on each other’s vessels.

While the High Court has announced its intention to physically resume criminal trials on October 6th, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed the view that given the COVID-19 pandemic, trials should not recommence at this time.

A new board has been appointed for the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

In an effort to reduce the financial burden faced by many of its customers due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) has announced a reduction in its fuel prices starting October 1.

A taxi driver and his family lost their Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara home on Monday, after it was completely gutted by a fire of unknown origin.

A businessman was beaten and robbed of over $2 million at his Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara residence on Monday.