Guyana News

The police in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) have detained a licensed firearm holder, who allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old miner early Sunday morning at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni River.

Following a tour of quarantine and isolation facilities in Region Ten, that region’s Health and Emergency Committee (HEC) has announced that it is set and ready to accommodate COVID-19 patients.

As the Ministry of Public Health continues to utilise COVID-19 mobile testing sites, it has found that more persons are taking the opportunity to check their level of exposure to the virus.

The Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport has launched a National Songs remix contest, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The National COVID-19 Task Force today agreed on the return of dozens of Guyanese stranded overseas as long as public health conditions are met among other things.

The police are investigating the murder of a 68-year-old security guard, whose partially nude body was discovered in the Le Repentir Cemetery early this morning and a suspect has since been arrested.

Sixty ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted yesterday – the highest daily total since the exercise started 12 days ago – and the tabulated result for District One was signed off by all parties even as GECOM continues to wait for the COVID-19 task force to approve more work stations to speed the process up.

President David Granger yesterday said that his APNU+AFC government will accept the Guyana Elections Commission’s declaration of the result of the March 2nd General and Regional Elections.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Ricky Skerritt yesterday denied that there had been any cover-up of a damning audit report of the board under his predecessor which raised concerns about money-laundering and other transgressions and  said a series of recommendations are already being implemented.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has registered an after-tax profit of $1.48b for the year ended December 2019, a rise of 2.59% over the 2018 figure of $1.44b.

Silvercorp Metals Inc and Guyana Goldfields Inc yesterday announced that they have entered into an amending agreement to the deal entered into previously and announced on April 27, 2020, pursuant to which Silvercorp agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Guyana Goldfields by way of a court approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

A New Amsterdam woman died on  Saturday evening after she was  struck down by a motor car along the Fort Canje Public Road.

A protest on Saturday morning by the PPP/C outside of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling for the return of Carter Center observers was dispersed by the police who cited the emergency ministerial order on COVID-19 measures.

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has denied a request for a relief flight to repatriate citizens of United States who are stranded here due to the current COVID-19 restrictions on air travel.

The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) has raised its voice against the blacklisting of several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states by the European Union (EU). 

An Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice sugar worker, was injured after a truck he was returning home in toppled along the Tain dam on Thursday afternoon.

The Ministry of Public Health’s COVID-19 mobile testing unit will be stationed in the community of South Ruimveldt today to screen residents between 9 am to 3 pm, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

President David Granger says his government will accept the declaration of the current recount of the March 2 General and Regional Elections. 

Forced to endure cramped quarters, shortages in hygiene products and the repeated disruption of their water supply, some patients housed at the government-run COVID-19 isolation unit at Diamond fear that the poor conditions are inhibiting their speedy recovery.