Guyana News

The police shot and killed the two suspects in the robbery and murder of 19-year-old Joshua Denny on Saturday evening.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed more than an estimated 80% of the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday, dealing a huge blow to the operations of the Guyana Police Force in the capital city.

It is now one year since the country has been without a Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) but that hasn’t stopped the handing out of billions of dollars in contracts and the former Chairman of the body is deeply worried that crucial reform work done could be at risk.

A Berbice River family is now mourning the loss of a 22-year-old expectant mother, who died on Thursday at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after undergoing a C-section to deliver her first child.

A Deputy Superintendent of Police is now in custody after 20 pounds of cannabis was found in his vehicle on Friday night, following a failed bid to evade fellow law enforcers.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed four more COVID-19 deaths along with 242 new cases of the virus.

Almost a month since its introduction, the enforcement of the vaccination requirement for access to public spaces remains inconsistent, with some places ensuring that it is a prerequisite for entry, while others have adopted a relaxed approach or not moved to enforce it all or have.

Pensioners who are not vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus will not be turned away from receiving their 2022 pension booklets or the payout of a one-off $25000 grant as the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has waived its proof of vaccination requirement policy.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that secondary schools will re-open for face-to-face learning this month with grades 10, 11 and 12, but unvaccinated students will not be denied entry.

The Ministry of Labour has indicated its intention to investigate Centipede Offshore Guyana Inc for unsafe work practices after becoming aware that 39-year-old Tanesha Fredericks had won a court case brought against the company for chemical burns she sustained while under their employ.

A year after being closed to the public, Grand Coastal Hotel at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara, has announced that it will be reopening to accommodate guests and visitors.

A man was beaten and robbed last Thursday evening at Goed Fortuin Housing Scheme.

The Ministry of Health today said that five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee today expressed sadness at the destruction of the Brickdam Police Station by fire and said that criticisms of the fire service’s performance should be the subject of an immediate investigation.

A fire destroyed the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze at the wooden building.

Following a call by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for the tabling of local content legislation by the end of this year as its members say they are being sidelined from  oil and gas works, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday assured that government is assiduously working towards that timeline.

Bibi Nazeela Habiboodean and the man she hired to kill her father were yesterday both sentenced to death by High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon, who described the savage beating the septuagenarian victim endured as reprehensible.

The police have managed to identify two suspects in the murder of electrician Joshua Denny and on Friday recovered the motorcycle believed to have been used in their getaway.

Weeks of protesting by residents in the Brazilian town of Bonfim have ended as the Guyana Government has agreed to more movement of traders between the two countries but with COVID-19 rules in place.

A nine-year-old girl is now dead after being struck by a car along the Islington Public Road on Friday morning.