Guyana News

A Sergeant of the Guyana Police Force died yesterday afternoon after being involved in a vehicular collision on the Land of Plenty Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday denied that he had hired Cambridge Analytica, the United Kingdom political consulting firm that collapsed in scandal, to help with his 2015 elections campaign after a former company director said that work was done for the party.

Roman Catholic Bishop of Georgetown Francis Alleyne yesterday said it is expected that Guyana’s leadership would honour the votes of the electorate and act in their well-being.

Melisa Soman, whose body was pulled from the Berbice River on Thursday was two months pregnant, her mother and a police source confirmed yesterday.

Citizens Bank and Scotiabank say they are discontinuing paper statements. In an advertisement in the June 20 edition of Stabroek News, Citizens said that effective from July 1st its statement production is going paperless.

Another person has been confirmed positive for COVID-19 after 60 more persons were tested.

Every Saturday over 1,600 Guyanese and other immigrants leave the Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry (CMFP) in Richmond Hill, Queens in New York feeling relieved that their week’s groceries have been taken care of. 

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) says that in recent months it has provided over $10 million worth of donations and other relief aid to various communities and organizations. 

A bus driver is on the run after his reckless driving was said to have caused a car bearing registration number PPT 8284 to veer off the La Grange Public Road into a nearby drain.

With many Guyanese not being able to work due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Suresh Sugrim, President of the Humanitarian Mission Guyana Inc.,

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) on Thursday hosted its annual blood drive at its Water Street branch and its staff donated 25 units.

AFC member and former Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin today stood by his contentions that claims by APNU+AFC of electoral fraud were exaggerated and meant to fool coalition supporters.

Guyana’s Court of Appeal is set to rule tomorrow on the challenge that has been mounted to prevent the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) from using the results of the recount from the March 2nd elections to make a final declaration.

With the election recount results showing a loss for the incumbent APNU+AFC, the owner of the Liliendaal property where a billion-dollar infectious diseases hospital has been erected and the contractors involved could face a long wait for payment and searing questions as the winner of the polls, the PPP/C has raised a flurry of accountability issues about the project.

A youth held for questioning about the death of teenager Melissa Soman, whose body was fished out of the Berbice River on Thursday, has told investigators that she jumped overboard after he launched an attack on her and the owner of the boat they were travelling in at the time.

No novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing has been done in recent days due to “problems” at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL).

De facto Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence has backpedaled on a decision to relax non-curfew COVID-19 restrictions in regions Five and Eight.

Former educator and author Joyce Sinclair, who earned a reputation for serving the public sector with distinction, died at her Queenstown, Georgetown home yesterday morning.

Junita Gomes, the Kato Village, Region Eight woman who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour more than a year ago, has undergone a successful “lifesaving” surgical procedure to drain the fluid from her brain.

Committed to ensuring the administration of justice even in a time of crisis, the judiciary’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not an isolated one, but a concerted regional effort aimed at continuity of services.