Guyana News

For the fourth consecutive year, Guyana has maintained its Tier 1 ranking for its efforts to combat human trafficking,  although the government has been called upon to to implement and train law enforcement officials and front-line responders in written trauma-informed victim identification and referral procedures.

The Guyana/Brazil Frontier Committee yesterday held a virtual extraordinary meeting to discuss challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and cross border movement between the two countries.

As a result of the measures introduced to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Guyana Relief Council (GRC) is currently unable to house fire victims at its “Yvonne Hinds Home of Hope.”

The man arrested after the Cummings Lodge apartment complex fire that left three persons dead has been released, Region Four (A) Commander Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore has confirmed.

The accused in the killing of visiting New York resident Alexie Gomes has been charged with the crime.

A male cyclist is now dead after colliding with a minibus at Nonpareil, on the East Coast of Demerara, on Thursday afternoon.

An investigation by the Guyana Fire Service has revealed that the recent fire that destroyed the living quarters of doctors at Mabaruma, Region One, was electrical in origin.

The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) is urging all of society to do its utmost to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the nation’s children, especially in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator here Mikiko Tanaka has urged political leaders and their supporters to refrain from acts that could incite hostility and violence as the country awaits an elections-related ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) next Wednesday.

CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin La Rocque today said that he had every confidence in the work produced by the observer team at the recount of votes at Guyana’s March 2nd general elections.

New CARICOM Chairman, Ralph Gonsalves today defended Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley from what he said were “vulgar and unwarranted” attacks over her role in trying to preserve democracy in Guyana.

Outgoing CARICOM Chair, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley today expressed her concern that Guyana’s elections “confusion” is still to be resolved as of July 3rd and cited the need to await the ruling on Wednesday of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today held a special meeting for the hand over the Chairmanship from Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, to Ralph Gonsalves of St.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator here Mikiko Tanaka today urged political leaders and their supporters to refrain from acts that could incite hostility and violence as the country awaits an elections-related ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice on Wednesday.

Amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the interior, the government today announced the shutting down of mining at Aranka/Arangoy Landing in Region Seven and special measures for that area and Moruca in Region One.

On June 13, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, told the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that “instances of voter impersonation” have affected the standard of the March 2 Polls and used this and other alleged anomalies to invalidate approximately 25% of the ballots cast but an interview from 2015 shows the same Lowenfield contending that impersonation “is just not possible”.

A Bartica miner is one of the two COVID-19 fatalities that have been recorded in a matter of days as Guyana prepares to begin the second phase of the rollback of emergency measures that were announced to curb the spread of the virus. 

Michael Caesar, also known as ‘’Capone,’ 36, who is currently serving sentences for his role in the Lusignan and Bartica massacres, was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter and armed robbery.

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that a manslaughter charge be instituted against the Officer in Charge of the Suddie Police Station, who is accused of being responsible for the death of taxi driver Lallbachan Bachan but action has yet to be taken.

Dr. Derron Moonsammy, the doctor-in-charge at the Kumaka District Hospital in Moruca, is one of the over 70 persons to have contracted the coronavirus in the sub-district and is currently in isolation.