Guyana News

Ten new COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health out of 800 tests that were conducted as of yesterday.

A Linden labourer was on Monday charged with trafficking a quantity of ecstasy in Wismar, Linden, Region Ten.

Amid reports that the authenticity of a letter he sent to GECOM had been in doubt, former President David Granger today said that as Representative of the APNU+AFC list he had dispatched a letter to the Chief Election Officer asking him to extract the names of Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence to take up two vacant seats in Parliament.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the government is working on a holistic immigration policy to cater for mounting issues such as contractors not being able to find labourers.

Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken yesterday met with Sergeants from across the country and warned them to desist from “harassing” members of the public and admonished that unprofessionalism will not be tolerated.

A 16-year-old La Penitence, Georgetown resident was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon and the suspect is currently in police custody.

In an investment pitch to its Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, the Guyana Manufac-turing and Services Association (GMSA) hopes that glass production here could be to the benefit of both sides.

Stafrei Alexander and Owen Belfield are now awaiting sentencing after being convicted last Friday of the 2015 murder of Linden resident, Richard Remmington, whose decomposing remains had been found in a clump of bushes.

The Guyana Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Centre and the Botanical Gardens, located in Georgetown, reopened to the public yesterday.

Though the Orchid Garden Hotel and Shopping Mall on Mandela Avenue is still a year away from completion two businesses have already opened there.

Amid sharp criticisms of its handling of the approval process for ExxonMobil’s fourth well development, the EPA yesterday said it complied with the law and had conducted public consultations above and beyond what was expected.

Winston Fraser, one of the two men who was shot by the police during an operation in July 2020, succumbed at his East La Penitence, Georgetown home last Friday.

As of yesterday afternoon, the search was continuing for a Corriverton fisherman who reportedly fell overboard while fishing in the Corentyne River in the vicinity of Orealla on Sunday.

The Berbice estates of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) have surpassed 50% of their 2022 1st Crop sugar production target at the half way point in the crop.

The High Commissioner of India in Guyana Dr KJ Srinivasa has congratulated Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Sven Douglas on successfully completing the United Nations Pre Deployment Training (UNPDT) – Training of the Trainers Course held in India.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and officials from his ministry yesterday met with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-Invest James Scriven and team to examine the range of private sector opportunities in Guyana the Bank can support.

A 49-year-old suspect who was arrested by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of truck driver, Pitamber Sharma has confessed to committing the crime during a misunderstanding, sources say.

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that she robbed a man of $208,000 in an armed attack with two male accomplices.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported one new COVID-19 infection from a batch of 213 tests.

A Number 67 Village, Corentyne woman and her four children were injured on Sunday after they were attacked and stung by a swarm of bees which were in a nearby lot.