Guyana News

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 19, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A young West Coast Berbice rice mill labourer died yesterday after a motor lorry allegedly reversed into him.

The bus conductor who was seen in a viral video stabbing another bus conductor will be spending Christmas in jail after being charged with the man’s murder.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran yesterday called on the PPP/C government to release the IHS Markit audit report on US$460m in ExxonMobil’s pre-contract costs.

The United States Embassy here yesterday congratulated new PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton and said it looked forward to working with him.

A 21-year-old woman who has a disability was allegedly raped in her Region Nine home on Sunday and the police have since arrested the suspect.

The Region 10 council has rejected an explanation from its Regional Executive Officer (REO), Dwight John that the collapse of a retaining wall at Silverttown was not the fault of the contractor.

A Blairmont, West Bank Berbice pensioner is now traumatized after she was attacked and robbed by two men armed with knives on Sunday.

The three persons injured in the horrific West Coast Berbice crash on Saturday that claimed six lives are recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Two employees of Adamantium Holdings were yesterday charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.152 million from the company which had been intended for the delivery of 64 truckloads of laterite. 

Only three members from the PNCR’s last Central Executive were returned at Saturday’s election.

Aubrey Norton won Saturday’s contest for the PNCR Leadership by a landslide and several members of his slate snapped up key positions over more seasoned competitors in what will be interpreted as a rejection of the policies of outgoing leader David Granger whose close confidante, Joseph Harmon was also in the race but trailed far behind.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday slammed banks here as being hopeless in customer care and called on them to fix the “unnecessary burden on people”.

An operation by officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Saturday led to the confiscation of 38.3lbs of cocaine and the arrest of a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man.

Family members of the late Kavita Dyaram, 29, suspect foul play in her death and want a second post-mortem to be conducted as they do not have confidence in the results of the first one done which reportedly listed the cause of death as cardiac arrest.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 18, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) latest shutdown in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) on Saturday saw the loss of approximately 40 megawatts of power and some consumers were without electricity for one hour and 45 minutes.

The body of Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Ordinary Rating, Junior Kenroy Sooklall, who went missing after a boat mishap, was found yesterday at the mouth of the Essequibo River.

The European Union (EU) believes that Guyana’s balancing of oil extraction  while preserving the environment will be a difficult task but it can be done, and this is why citizens and civil society need to be vigilant and persistently remind policymakers and leaders of the importance of finding that balance.

Two weeks ahead of yet another deadline, the latest instalment of works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have entered  the “testing phase,” Ministry of Public Works Project Engineer,  Carissa Gooding disclosed during a tour of the facility on Friday.