Guyana News

The rider of an electric cycle was on Tuesday crushed to death by a container truck in the vicinity of Muneshwers Limited, on Water Street, Georgetown. 

Members of the Joint Services yesterday morning cleared a Dartmouth bridge of debris following fiery protests on Tuesday over the manslaughter charge that was brought in the killing of villager Orin Boston by a policeman.

An Upper Pomeroon man died in a boat mishap on Tuesday night.

With an estimated 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil, Guyana now faces the challenge of striking the right balance between environmental preservation and economic growth, according to Commonwealth Secretary-General (SG) Patricia Scotland.

A motion is set to be moved at Monday’s sitting of Parliament calling on the Committee on Appointments to recommend a candidate for the Natural Resource Fund.

A 38-year-old mother who was reportedly denied admittance to a private hospital, gave birth last week in what is said to be another worrying instance of a mother being refused admission and being referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A vagrant was remanded yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to the charge of  attempted murder.

Days after she was allegedly struck down by a minibus in Suriname, a 75-year-old Guyanese woman has succumbed to her injuries.

The United States is helping to build Guyana’s oil spill response capacity  and a virtual risk assessment workshop is set for this month.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday  announced that late last year Guyana had introduced a new drug for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and hopes to have another drug here soon to aid in the treatment of persons with mild to moderate COVID-19.

An Onderneeming Phase Two family is still calling for adequate recompense after members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit broke into their home and ransacked it last year.

Three men were on Tuesday charged with littering at Wellington Street, Georgetown and released on $40,000 bail each.

An unemployed man who was yesterday charged with unlawfully wounding a man, told a City Magistrate that he was defending his brother and was released on $30,000 bail.

Tenders were on December 29, 2021 opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for infrastructural development works in a number of areas including Meten-Meer Zorg, Onderneeming and Leonora on the West Demerara.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that as of January 18th, 2022, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Queen’s College students have won the overall outstanding awards for both the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate 2021 and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination 2021.

The Ministry of Health will no longer be issuing discharge certificates for persons who were on home isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 and PCR tests will now be used only for a small category of persons.

Residents of Dartmouth on the Essequibo Coast yesterday protested and lit fires on the main road as they contended that the policeman implicated in the killing of shop owner, Orin Boston should have been charged with murder and not manslaughter.

President Irfaan Ali is scheduled to make a working visit to Paramaribo, Suriname tomorrow to meet with the Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.

Two teenaged motorcyclists died after they collided on the Karaudarnau Trail, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine on Monday afternoon.