Guyana News

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported 22 new COVID-19 cases.

Indrawattie Natram and Pandit Deodat Persaud, two young professional alumnus of the Know India Programme (KIP), were selected by India’s High Commission to represent Guyana virtually on the KIP dialogue forum scheduled for today.

An unemployed youth on Monday told a City Magistrate that he was being wrongfully accused of attempting to break into a man’s home.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that the body of an unidentified man was on Wednesday found along the Met-en-Meerzorg Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

President Irfaan Ali and several of his ministers yesterday launched what will be seen as an attack on a number of civil society organisations which recently called for greater accountability in the extractive sector and other parts of national life.

Legendary cricketer Shane Warne dies at 52 BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – Australian cricketer Shane Warne, one of the finest spin bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended the sport, died aged 52 today.

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, who is tasked with leading the initiative to boost the Caribbean Community’s food security, told the CARICOM-SICA (Central American Integration System) Summit that the solution lies within enhanced regional cooperation.

Forty-nine-year-old father of two Neil Archer, who killed his wife back in 2003 for which he completed a 17-year sentence in 2016, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years for the brutal chopping of another woman, whose fingers he severed in an attack as she slept, following his release from prison.

The New Year’s Day fire which gutted the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) echocardiography (ECG) laboratory was maliciously set, a Guyana Fire Service (GFS) probe has concluded.

Following the conclusion of a sentencing hearing yesterday which was dominated by reports of the eight years of abuse Allison Bowen endured at the hands of her reputed husband, which eventually ended in her death—Alex Douglas was handed a life sentence—with the order to serve 20 years before becoming eligible for parole.

A 58-year-old porter died on Wednesday morning after the laden tractor he was on toppled on the Ampa Bay Trail, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) and pinned him underneath.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday commissioned the Abram Zuil Nursery School and the Queenstown Nursery School in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam).

The Ministry of Health has reported one new COVID-19 death as of yesterday, taking the pandemic fatality toll to 1223.

A Soesdyke miner who pleaded guilty to the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking  was yesterday fined $10.5 million and sentenced to three years in jail.

ExxonMobil Guyana yesterday said that it has replanted the mangroves  cleared at the Ogle foreshore, East Coast Demerara for the landing of its fibre optic cable which will service its offshore facilities.

Farmers situated in Kokerite Savannah, East Berbice, Region Six are pleading with the authorities for assistance as they say that the savannah is currently flooded, a claim vehemently disputed by regional officials.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) in observance of International Women’s Day on March 8, is encouraging school girls and female teachers across the country to let their hair down and out as a statement of self-expression.

Several millers on the Essequibo Coast are still clueless about what will be the price for a bag of paddy for the current crop given the situation with the war in Ukraine.

A woman who police said was wanted for obtaining money by false pretence yesterday surrendered and was released on $200,000 bail.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has officially announced the commencement of continuous registration setting plans in place to possibly hold Local Government Elections later this year.