Guyana News

As the police probe into the murder of security guard Margaret Dawson widens, investigators have arrested a second suspect and are on the hunt for another, Police Commander of Region 4(A) Phillip Azore confirmed.

Guyana currently has an adequate supply of testing kits but plans are underway to bring approximately 10,000 more into the country in early June, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative to Guyana Dr.

The Palms Geriatric Home has recorded six positive COVID-19 cases, including a staff member.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has launched an investigation into a video posted on Facebook during the weekend in which a locally-based Guyanese woman made “racially insensitive” remarks about persons of another ethnicity.

In an effort to help mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic faced by many Guyanese, the Rural Affairs Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has launched an initiative to get persons to start their own kitchen gardens.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) probe into the fuel spill at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Kingston Power Complex is ongoing and the company has given its assurance to the environmental agency that all efforts are being made to clean up the spill.

The Ministry of Education today announced that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) is expected to be administered in July.

With the COVID-19 measures taking a significant economic toll, the Ministry of Business today announced that relief grants are available to small businesses experiencing challenges.

At the end of more than half of the 25 days assign-ed to the National Recount, the Guyana Elections Commission has completed the processing of 642 ballot boxes, a mere 27% of the 2,339 boxes from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections (GRE).

The battered body of a 68-year-old security guard was found in Le Repentir Cemetery early yesterday morning and the police have since arrested a taxi driver who they believe is the prime suspect in the crime.

A motorcyclist was fatally wounded by the police during the wee hours of yesterday in Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) after he and another man attempted to evade lawmen shortly after they allegedly stole a motorcycle.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has claimed that there is  “deliberate sloth” in the recounting of District Four ballots and suggested that a recently promoted work station supervisor is acting in concert with the incumbent to further slow that process.

Rosella Smith, the Bartica grocer whose body was found in an abandoned mining pit at 3 Miles, Karrau Backdam, Mazaruni last Friday afternoon, was murdered, an autopsy has confirmed.

Still unable to slow the rate of transmission of the novel coronavirus disease, Guyana on Monday recorded seven new cases, which brought the total number of confirmed cases up to 124.

Candidates preparing to sit this year’s CXC exams and the NGSA are still awaiting word from the Ministry of Education about when the exams will be written and what changes to expect.

A South Ruimveldt Gar-dens man succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after being involved in a collision at Friendship, on the East Coast, the day before.

Facing a current shortfall of over 14,000 tonnes from its first crop target, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is banking on the Albion and Blairmont estates to reduce the gap.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try (GCCI) yesterday said it is disappointed to learn that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) took a decision to increase the number of workstations for the recount exercise to only 12 from the 10 that are currently in place.

A Berbice doctor involved in an accident which resulted in the death of teenager Alyia Mohabir was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail after he was finally charged. 

A husband and wife of Auchlyne Village, Corentyne, Berbice were yesterday granted $300,000 bail each after they denied a joint charge of possession of cannabis for trafficking.