Guyana News

High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan has dismissed an application of the Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union (GCS&GWU), which had made several applications to the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (the Board) to be treated as the recognized union for workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported six new COVID-19 cases from 812 tests that were done.

The recent relocation of Warrau migrants from Kabakaburi, in Region Two, to what have been described as poor living conditions, has come in for strong criticism from those who were helping them to integrate and the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) on Thursday called for authorities to provide increased humanitarian support.

Lennox Roberts, who planned the attack that resulted in the killing of Regent Multiplex Mall owner, Ganesh Ramlall, will be spending just about five years more in prison.

Imran Khan, also known as ‘Drums’, 22, was on Thursday charged and remanded to prison over the murder of Alex Williams, who was fatally chopped during the wee hours of Sunday morning along the Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice Public Road.

Life has begun to return to normal for Police Corporal Amit Bacchus, who recently underwent a lifesaving surgery to remove the largest arteriovenous malformation (AVM) diagnosed locally.

With Region Two’s rice farmers clamouring for higher prices for their paddy, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday told them that millers have agreed to  pay them $3,700 per bag of A Grade paddy—$200 more than what they were previously being paid.

A Tucville man died on Wednesday night after he struck by a car while riding along Mandela Avenue, in Georgetown.

A customs enforcement officer was on Wednesday granted his release on $200,000 bail after he denied shooting at two horse-cart operators.

The Ministry of Health has recorded six new COVID-19 cases from 1,002 more tests that were done.

A man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl was yesterday acquitted.

Although government has lifted most of the COVID-19 restrictions, including requirements for persons to show proof of vaccination for access to public buildings, Minister of Heath Dr.

Police on Wednesday arrested a city businessman, who was found with over five pounds of cannabis, a large quantity of smuggled liquor and almost $20 million in local and foreign currencies.

Saying that Guyana’s electoral system is in desperate need of significant reforms, the main opposition coalition APNU+AFC has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) not to hold elections until before.

A Rosignol family is holding out hope that a missing fisherman, Suraj Dhaneshwar, will be found alive after the boat he was in capsized on Tuesday night.

A man was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the murder of Lakhan Chaterpaul, the overseas-based Guyanese who was slain during a visit to celebrate his older brother’s wedding.

A former prison inmate on Wednesday became the first recipient of the government’s “Fresh Start” Initiative, through which she has received support to reopen her business.

Former businessman Junior France is now awaiting sentencing after a jury on Tuesday afternoon found him guilty of the 2020 shooting death of 17-year-old miner Dane Jerrick.

Saying the uptake of booster doses to bolster immunisation against COVID-19 remains “inadequate,” Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Wednesday appealed to those who are due to receive their shots to get them.

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported the death of an 83-year-old woman, who tested positive for COVID-19.