Guyana News

The Prison Service has launched a manhunt for a robbery convict who escaped from the Lusignan Prison after being assigned kitchen duty.

Guyana’s COVID-19 deaths now stand at 80 as two more were recorded yesterday.

A labourer was yesterday charged with two counts of armed robbery and remanded to prison.

A Suriname resident who was attempting to enter Guyana via one of the backtrack routes located on the Corentyne was on Monday busted with a machine gun,  ammunition and a quantity of currency.

As it seeks to improve its COVID-19 contact tracing and monitoring, the Ministry of Health is exploring the possible use of electronic applications, according to Minister of Health Dr.

The Bar Association of Guyana held its Annual General Meeting yesterday via the Zoom online platform at which elections to the Bar Council were held for the fiscal year ending 2021 and Teni Housty was re-elected President.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday condemned the  attempted theft of Copper Conductors on the East Coast and is calling upon residents to protect State assets.

By mid-morning yesterday, dozens of stall owners and shoppers were going about their respective business at Bourda Market in Georgetown.

Nurses employed by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have been threatened with disciplinary action if they continue to engage in protest action while the Ministry of Public Service (MPS) has accused the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) of being deceptive.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – A court in El Salvador has ordered $227 million of assets of the Italian company Astaldi be frozen amid judicial proceedings against the construction company, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.

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

The Ministry of Public Service today criticised a letter issued by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on September 25th.

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch today said that “multiple” US visas were restricted following several warnings to officials in this country to desist from attempts to undermine the democratic processes of the March 2nd General Elections.

A split between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) over the election of the Vice Chairman of the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday resulted in David Patterson tendering his resignation as General Secretary of the AFC with immediate effect.

A five-member team from the Regional Security System (RSS) yesterday arrived here to assist the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with the investigation into the murders of teenaged cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh, which occurred at West Coast Berbice (WCB) almost a month ago.

The COVID-19 patient, who succumbed last week while receiving treatment at Rose Hall, East Canje Berbice, has been identified as a fisherman from Number 65 Village, Corentyne. 

Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded as over 200 more persons were tested within the last 24 hours.

The Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) is investigating the death of two-year-old Ronaldo Favourite, who succumbed last week almost one month after he allegedly consumed milk laced with a methamphetamine.

A 26-year-old businessman was stabbed to death at Big Creek Backdam, North West District, on Saturday after an argument between him and another man.

Floyd Dewsbury, the Georgetown businessman who was shot on Sunday by suspected bandits at his residence, has been released from the hospital.