Guyana News

A former soldier is among three men who were on Monday separately charged with rape.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now explaining to the public the reason for its decisions to exempt projects from impact assessments.

A man was on Monday remanded after being charged with manslaughter following the death of a Mocha, East Bank man who was involved in a knife fight with him.

With the life of the Police Service Commission (PSC) having expired, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, has advanced that the Fixed Date Application (FDA) it filed challenging its suspension by the President and the non-promotion of ranks ought to be struck out.

A Parfaite Harmonie miner was yesterday charged with the murder of Andre Collison, the disc jockey who was fatally stabbed at Puruni Landing, Region Seven.

Tenders were on November 9 opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of housing scheme roads at No.

One more COVID-19 death along with 134 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday.

A labourer was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he admitted to chopping his neighbour with a cutlass. 

Two foreign pilots were on Tuesday charged with illegal entry to the country and possession of narcotics.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) has commenced its first heavy-duty equipment operator programme in Mabaruma, Region One, according to a Ministry of Labour press release.

The two men who allegedly pretended to be meter readers of Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), and attempted to rob a woman were on Friday remanded to prison.

The Government of Guyana has received over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

The Ministry of Health says that as November 09, 2021, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

With government still to adequately explain why it allowed auditing of over US$9B in ExxonMobil’s expenses to fall into default, Chartered Ac-countant Christopher Ram flayed its nonchalant attitude saying it could have asked Canada for help.

By Lakhram Bhagirat Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh and the Government- nominated Commissioners yesterday voted down a proposal to have an independent or mixed panel oversee the shortlisting and interviewing of candidates to fill the posts of Chief Election Officer (CEO) and Deputy CEO.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of November 08, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday reported that Region Three (West Demerara- Essequibo Islands) currently has the highest number of active cases in the country.

One day after his trial commenced in the High Court in Berbice, Neezamudin Rafeek yesterday opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter in the horrific killing of a Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice couple in January 2016.

In the aftermath of a report in Stabroek News that the PPP/C government is seeking a loan worth US$1.5b from China, former Finance Minister Winston Jordan has raised concerns about the debt load that the country could be saddled with.

Three multifaceted studies are expected to aid in grappling with the high rate of suicides in the country, a mental health conference heard on Monday.