Guyana News

An engineer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Saturday succumbed to his injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident on the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

Canadian silver miner Silvercorp Metals Inc is to acquire the Region Seven-based Guyana Goldfields Inc in a CDN$105m deal.

A Canal No.1 Polder woman was murdered last night by a man who invaded her home and police have since launch a hunt for the suspect who is known to the community.

The finalised order for the recount of votes at the March 2nd general elections will allow a high-level CARICOM team to submit a report at the end of the process which ”may” be considered by GECOM but up to yesterday there was no word on when it will arrive here.

The government’s information unit yesterday said that the appointment of an Executive Secretariat for the National Coronavirus Task Force is aimed at speeding up remediation efforts for those affected.

I took all the precautions to avoid contracting the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19), so even after I developed symptoms and was hospitalized for one night, I still hoped I did not have it. 

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Attorney General and longtime professor at the University of Guyana, Keith Massiah SC passed away yesterday following a period of illness.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating a fuel spill which was discovered yesterday morning at Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) factory at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

A Venezuelan family of six, residing at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara is struggling to survive under the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown and are thankful for their kind neighbours. 

While the mining fraternity is pleased with the current high world market price for gold, some miners say that due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions and other factors they have been unable to maximise production.

Accusing its officials of partiality in favour of the incumbent APNU+AFC, commentator Ralph Ramkarran says that GECOM is now the major battlefield for free and fair elections and he chastised its Chair, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh for inaction at key points in the elections process.

A female guard who was working at Massy Products, located at Eccles, East Bank Demerara was on Saturday night held at gunpoint as bandits carried out a robbery at the location.

The Ministry of Public Health has issued guidelines to family members of persons who died from COVID-19 on the burial or cremation of the bodies of their loved ones.

After spending days in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Frederick Henry has recovered from the highly infectious respiratory disease which he said caused him to experience the most “miserable” days of his life.

A Brazilian dredge owner and a suspected bandit are now dead after an attempted robbery ended in a bloody shootout at a mining camp in the Marudi mining area, in South Rupununi, Region Nine on Friday evening.

A mother of three is now nursing stab wound at a city hospital after being attacked by her common-law husband, who later took his own life in North East La Penitence yesterday afternoon.

A recent survey of local knowledge and attitudes to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has recommended that authorities practice more transparency in their management of the disease so as to build public confidence in the country’s capacity to effectively deal with the pandemic.

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday rejected a suggestion by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo that Guyana’s current political crisis is impacting its ability to access international funding to respond to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Secretariat.

The closure of this country’s international airports as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has severely affected Ogle Airport Inc.