Guyana News

A bandit was shot and killed last night after he and his accomplice invaded a Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara home.

Doodkumar Sookraj, Guyana’s 21st COVID-19 fatality was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) at the time of his passing on Thursday.

The envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union yesterday congratulated Irfaan Ali on his swearing in as the President of Guyana and said they looked forward to “meaningful progress on constitutional reform and reconciliation”.

The body of a twenty-two-year-old man was yesterday morning found at the Crane Housing Scheme ball field entrance after leaving home to graze his sheep.

Businesses in Parika are reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic having had to close for more than three months.

Acting Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael Kozak yesterday congratulated President Irfaan Ali on his swearing in.

After months of wrangling over the results of the recount of votes from March 2nd and a slew of court cases, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh yesterday declared the PPP/C to be the winner of the controversy-ridden polls in the absence of the three government-appointed commissioners who had left in protest.

Diamond Insurance is opening its newest location at the Giftland Mall today. 

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) yesterday congratulated  Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali on his appointment as the 9th Executive President of  Guyana.

Mohamed Irfaan Ali, 40,  was today declared the 9th Executive President of Guyana by GECOM Chairperson, Claudette Singh.

President David Granger today signalled that an election petition will be filed, a likely sign that APNU+AFC has accepted that GECOM’s declaration will be the result recount which shows a win for the PPP/C.

Government-appointed GECOM commissioners suggested at a meeting of GECOM today that President David Granger and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo meet on the way forward as the recount tabulation was “not acceptable”.

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday confirmed Guyana’s 21st COVID-19 fatality.

A shooting at a night club in Garnett Street has left one person dead and at least four others injured.

A report by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on the death of geologist Ryan Taylor at the Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI) mine site on October 8th, 2019 found excavator operators and, by extension, the company culpable of allegedly negligent behaviour.

Guyana recorded 17 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease yesterday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 430.

Although the confirmed COVID-19 patients in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) have all recovered, Regional Health Officer (RHO) Dr.

Recognising legal aid as being essential to ensuring access and fair representation within the justice system, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has found that most jurisdictions in the Carib-bean have legal aid only for the most serious offences, while noting that the system is overwhelmed.

Virtual adventures in the South Rupununi take centre stage in Inside REEL 2, which environmental filmmaker Alex Arjoon is releasing today.

It has been nineteen years since market vendor Deoraj Bipat was beaten to death at Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) and his family is still seeking answers and hoping for closure.