Guyana News

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday stated that while the loss of lives during last Saturday’s Lusignan Prison riot was regrettable and sad, the actions taken were necessary to prevent a jailbreak.

Three more persons who were infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have died, taking the country’s death toll to 70.

Government’s immediate focus in the oil and gas sector is on the review of ExxonMobil’s Payara project, local content, and a natural gas to shore project, President Irfaan Ali said yesterday.

After all estimates for the Ministry of Agriculture were approved yesterday in the National Assembly, the opposition and government clashed on a sum of $3 billion that was allocated to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) under capital expenses for the remainder of the year.

With the number of COVID-19 deaths rapidly increasing in Region One, Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley yesterday revealed that officials will commence mass screening of all senior citizens in the region.

US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch says that the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week reaffirmed that the US honours its commitments.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has disputed claims made by former Sports Director Christopher Jones that Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum was present during the controversial operation at his home that saw the police remove barbershop equipment and arrest him.

A new Diaspora and Remigration Unit has been established in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A 12-year-old student from the Sapodilla School of Excellence secured the top position at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) for Region Five with a total of 513 marks.

A pump attendant at a New Amsterdam gas station was shot in his back yesterday during a robbery that was carried out by two men.

The relatives of slain Corentyne fisherman Alexander Yhap staged a protest along the Albion Main Road yesterday after the man who is accused of fatally stabbing him was granted $250,000 bail on Monday when he was arraigned on a manslaughter charge. 

Although Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations have been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Regional Chairman of Region Nine Bryan Allicock yesterday revealed that persons in communities affected by the disease have still been hosting celebratory activities and this has resulted in the increase of cases within the region.

A sixty-eight-year-old man is dead following an accident yesterday morning at Wash Clothes, Mahaicony in which the bicycle he was riding collided with a lorry.

The Guyana Revenue Authority is reminding accountants, tax preparers and the general public that the extended due date for the submission of Income Tax, Property Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax Returns for the Year of Assessment 2020 (Year of Income 2019) is Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

An overseas-based Guyanese man was killed last Friday by an out-of-control SUV as he stood on a Brooklyn, New York sidewalk waiting for a bus to get home.

Opposition Member of Parliament Dawn Hastings last week  called on the government to extend projects started by the former coalition government  so as to benefit the people of the hinterland communities.

Three bandits robbed a Demerara Crystal Water worker in an attack at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara last Thursday as he was making a delivery.

On Thursday, September 17, 2020, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand met with contractors who usually do or have done work for the Ministry.

(Reuters) – The Jockey Club yesterday backed British sports bodies in their call for financial support from the government following its U-turn on allowing a limited number of spectators to attend events from October amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch today issued the following statement on the visit last week of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.