Guyana News

A 37-year-old man was gunned down early yesterday morning at ‘B’ Field, Sophia, after a simmering argument over the positioning of a horse.

At least 300 Santa Rosa residents yesterday defied lockdown rules to protest the measures that have been instituted to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

There are now 284 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guyana following the confirmation of seven additional positive cases originating from the Mabaruma sub-district in the Barima-Waini region.

With an energy researcher warning of the potential environmental harm that could result from natural gas at Exxon’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, the company has assured that it has already implemented a leak detection and repair programme that utilises the latest technology.

Another former partner of writer Ruel Johnson has alleged that she was abused while she shared a relationship with him.

A 55-year-old resident of Meadowbank, East Bank Demerara is now dead after a mining pit he was working in caved in on Monday at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven.

A group of Caribbean NGOs have iterated their support for Guyanese to enjoy a free, fair and democratic system of election that expresses the will of the people and have also posited the need for a more inclusionary process of government going forward.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has seen an upsurge in the number of robberies and measures are being put in place to combat and decrease the prevalence of the crime, Regional Commander of Region 4(a) Phillip Azore says.

The police will be taking action against supporters of the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition, who breached the COVID-19 measures by participating in a number of protests across the country on Monday.

A murder charge against three of the accused in the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall was yesterday withdrawn by the prosecutor at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

The suspect held by police in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Tyron Duesbury, who was fatally shot in Agricola, has confessed, according to the police.

While Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall ruled in his favour quashing a committal order which would have resulted in him being tried for murder, Marcus Bisram is appealing an aspect of the judge’s ruling with which he says he is dissatisfied.

The Good Life Supermarket at Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was burgled on Saturday evening in what was the fourth such incident since it opened last year.

Jennel Campbell, the mother of the youth who is suspected to have started the fire at their two-storey Second Alley Hillfoot home at Linden, yesterday said that she will not be pressing for any charges against him.

Scotiabank’s Bartica operations will be shuttered and merged with the bank’s Parika Branch later this year.

The Private Sector Commission yesterday condemned attempts to influence and prejudice the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  set for today on an appeal related to the March 2nd elections.

The Ministry of Finance has denounced a report in today’s Guyana Times about the allocation of debt servicing funds.

Dozens of Santa Rosa residents defied lockdown rules this morning to protest against the stringent measures that were imposed last week by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the Santa Rosa Village council to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A 76-year-old woman yesterday became the 16th person known to have died from COVID-19 here.

The Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) processed more than 100 pieces of evidence in the first quarter of this year and systems are in place to ensure that its services are not interrupted during the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.