Guyana News

A manhunt is currently underway for four prisoners, including two murder accused, who escaped from the Holding Bay at the Lusignan Prison during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Six more persons have been tested for COVID-19 in Guyana and the number of confirmed cases has risen by one and now stands at 66.

With the closure of schools extended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Education on Sunday announced options for students to learn from home.

Two East Coast Demerara residents, who were busted last Saturday morning with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis, were yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $240,300 after they pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Despite the continuing contentions over the recount of votes from the March 2 polls and the challenges posed by a curfew imposed to tackle the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the self-styled ‘Guardians of Democracy’ remain committed to safeguarding the containers of ballot boxes stored at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Headquarters at Kingston, Georgetown.

A civilian is missing after the boat in which he was travelling on the Pomeroon River was involved in an accident with a Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard vessel last night.

A firearm which was unearthed by the police during last week in Guyhoc Park, Georgetown was stolen during a robbery last month and the two brothers who were arrested in relation to the find were yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is in urgent need of all blood types.

Contending that the APNU+AFC government is illegitimate, activist Ramon Gaskin, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran and Accountant Nigel Hinds have written the World Bank asking it to halt financing  to Guyana under the petroleum resources project.

Two Amerindian villages located on the Corentyne River are now facing the shortage of food and other essential supplies due to a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) travel restriction now in place.

Four persons have been arrested and are being questioned in relation to the execution-style killing  of clothes vendor Glenroy Chapman, who was shot at his Linden home one week ago.

While many Guyanese are continuing to abide by social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), some are living life as per normal, including hosting family get-togethers, drinking with others at bars and defying the national curfew.

Following widespread consternation, the National COVID-19 Task Force this afternoon announced that it had reversed its position requiring that CARICOM officials coming here for the recount of votes be quarantined for two week.

Two friends died last night after the motor car they were travelling in crashed into the median along the Bagotstown Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

Over 70 Guyanese doctors and medical students who are on scholarships in Cuba are seeking to return home after their training was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic however the government here through the National Covid-19 Task Force has since refused their request. 

A search is underway for four inmates who escaped from the holding bay of the Lusignan Prison last night.

The opposition PPP last night condemned the proposed limiting of hours for the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections by de facto Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and also flayed his contention that observers entering the country for the process will have to be quarantined for two weeks.

Guyana’s seventh coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality has been identified as a visually-impaired resident from the mining town of Linden.

Calypsonian, Joseph Burgan-Thomas who went by the stage name, ‘Mighty Enchanter’ passed away last Friday morning at his Linden/Soesdyke Highway home after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Some private medical facilities have begun to invest in the necessary infrastructure to offer testing services for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) following government’s green light.