Guyana News

The Guyana Marriott Hotel has terminated the services of 37 employees from various departments of its local operation, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton today confirmed.

A pedal cyclist died this afternoon after he was struck down by a speeding motor vehicle along the Rupert Craig Highway.

 (Barbados Nation) A 53-year-old Guyanese woman on Wednesday became the 177th person to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Barbados.

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that US$10m will be allocated for solar panels in Indigenous communities and he also pledged that land demarcation  and titling will be focused on given their importance to the people.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday refuted claims made by APNU+AFC as it relates to COVID-19 results of opposition parliamentarians Christopher Jones and Sherod Duncan, following their appearance at the first sitting of the twelfth parliament.

A twenty-five-year-old West Bank Demerara mason was killed on Tuesday night in a hit and run accident and the suspected driver of the car and two others have been arrested.

A Bourda Market labourer was fatally stabbed yesterday morning after being involved in an argument over the sale of a construction net.

Duarte Hetsberger, the Personal Assistant to Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield remained in custody yesterday, as the police continue to investigate the alleged fraud surrounding the March 2nd elections.

A businessman was yesterday shot and said to be in a serious condition following a scuffle with two bandits at Drysdale and Lombard streets, Georgetown.

Efforts are still being made to operationalise two additional Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machines in the country to further increase testing for the novel coronavirus.

Police have arrested a suspect as they probe the murder of a Hope, East Coast Demerara, nonagenarian who was found dead with marks of violence in his kitchen on Tuesday.

The remains of a car that was hijacked in July at Friendship, East Bank Demerara were found on Friday along a trail off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway leading to St Cuthbert’s Mission.

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ishmael, the couple accused of operating a Ponzi scheme were yesterday slapped with 11 more charges.

As the probe into the alleged larceny of state assets by former Director of Sports Christopher continues, investigators yesterday obtained additional documents pertaining to the investigation, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed.

Six persons are now homeless after a fire of unknown origin completely gutted their wooden one-story Central Amelia’s Ward home yesterday afternoon.

The Diamond Diagnostic Centre is to be temporarily closed to undergo transformation into a SMART Hospital but COVID-19 patients will remain at the facility.

Nine new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday which is significantly lower than the number of cases that have been recorded daily for the last month.

A juvenile who was involved in an incident that left a man and young child dead, was on Monday remanded to the Juvenile Holding Centre.

A 35-year-old man of Rincon, Moruca, was on Tuesday night apprehended by police after he was found in possession of a black plastic bag containing what was suspected to be cannabis.

Amerindian Heritage Month 2020 celebration will be held virtually under theme “Fostering traditional practices for a safe environment” for the entire month of September.