Guyana News

After three days of searches, the decomposed body of 39-year-old Harry Mangal of Abrams Creek body was found in the wee hours of Friday morning.

The police were yesterday looking for two men who robbed and brutalised a 60-year-old Corentyne businessman on Thursday evening.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is investigating the reported robbery of four persons at the Chico Ramos Gas Station, at Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Thursday.

A man and a woman are now in custody after 847 grammes of cannabis were found in their home, the police have said.

A youth was released on $50,000 bail after a City Magistrate heard that he has agreed to fix the damage caused to a laptop he allegedly stole. 

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 30, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Bibi Nazeela Habiboodean and the man she man she hired to kill her father—Ruby businessman, Habiboodean—were this afternoon sentenced to death after a jury found them guilty of murder.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today said that it has taken note of the “overwhelming number” of infrastructural works which are being handled by foreign-owned companies.

(Reuters) – Former Republican President Donald Trump must face copyright claims brought by “Electric Avenue” musician Eddy Grant over Trump’s alleged misuse of his song on a video he posted to Twitter, a Manhattan federal court ruled Tuesday.

Four companies – three Chinese and one Brazilian – have responded to government’s Request For Proposals (RFPs) for the resuscitation of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), which is expected to begin construction by the middle of next year.

September, 2021 was the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic with over 160 fatalities being recorded.

A 19-year-old electrician died yesterday morning shortly after he was shot and robbed of a gold chain after leaving his Festival City, Georgetown home.

Receiving his pension from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) 26 years after retiring is a day Mon Repos resident, Shamean Matthews, thought would never come.

Guyana is expected to receive some 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine through the COVAX facility while nearly 10,000 persons were vaccinated on Wednesday.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday said that preliminary investigations of the blaze which damaged the North West Secon-dary School, Mabaruma on September 24 revealed that it was an arson attack.

A North Rupununi businessman’s body was yesterday found lodged between tree branches along the river bank at Quarawak Falls, Essequibo River.

A father of three yesterday succumbed to a stab wound allegedly inflicted on him by his brother.

Bristow Group Inc of the UK has appointed retired Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer Courtney Byrne as its Area Manager here.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh on Wednesday evening signed an agreement with India for the acquisition of 30,000 Solar Home Lighting Systems for  hinterland communities here.

A Corentyne man was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after he was charged over his brother, Lakeram Dhurup’s death.