Guyana News

A centenarian is among the two latest COVID-19 fatalities that have been confirmed by Guyana’s Health Ministry.

Recently sentenced to death for the 2018 murder of 76-year-old Ruby businessman Habiboodean (only name), Linden Lewis has filed an appeal against his conviction and the punishment.

A construction worker and a man who are both currently on remand for several armed robbery charges were on Wednesday faced with armed robbery charges.

A security guard was on Wednesday released on bail after he denied stealing a $400,000 ring from a car that was at a wash bay.

Delon Chapman, one of the two ex-police constables recently sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a woman who had gone to the Turkeyen Police Station to make a report, is appealing both his conviction and sentence.

A Region Eight miner was on Tuesday charged with the murder of a fellow miner from the region.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the remodeling of the Maritime Administration Department’s Secretariat office building.

Hundreds of farmers in the Matarkai Sub-district, in Region One, on Wednesday received the government’s flood-relief cash grant.

The Ministry of Health today said that as November 03, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Chaos erupted at Stabroek Market in Georgetown on Wednesday after a 16-year-old boy, accused of being a bandit, was fatally shot by a plainclothes policeman.

Well-known doctor Colin Roach was on Tuesday night discovered dead at his Kingston, Georgetown clinic and investigators probing his murder have since arrested three persons, including two of his employees, for questioning.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall on Wednesday announced the establishment of a legal committee to spearhead legislative changes in the sector.

One of the four suspects in the killing of Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) resident Trevor Allen on Sunday night is now dead after taking his own life.

An additional 5,000 households are due to benefit from the government’s grant of an electricity credit to households that consume 75 kilowatts per hour (kWh) or less per month.

With an average of 124,000 barrels of oil now being pumped daily offshore Guyana nearly two years since oil production started, there is still no agreement on oil spill insurance and government appears to have backpedal-ed from pressing for unlimited liability coverage to now setting for only about US$2 billion.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has voiced support for the calls for the establishment of an independent panel to select a new Chief Election Officer (CEO) for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) even as he opined that some of the identified applicants are a “no-no.”

While standing by his criticisms over the failure of judges to write decisions within the required time, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has acknowledged the challenge posed by their limited numbers and assured that government is moving apace to address the issue.

Up to the end of last month, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had recorded a 31 per cent decrease in fatal accidents.

In recent weeks, President Irfaan Ali has held a number of bilateral engagements with world leaders and organisations on the sidelines of the various international meetings he attended.

The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported two more COVID-19 deaths along with 81 new cases of the virus.