Guyana News

A youth was on Wednesday denied bail after a court heard that he broke into a man’s home and stole a laptop and a gas cylinder.

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

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) today announced the launching of a feasibility study for a commercially viable dairy operation using fresh cow’s milk.

Guyana and Suriname yesterday agreed to pursue proposals to craft a joint strategy to develop natural gas reserves which also potentially aims at tapping into the lucrative Brazil market.

Surinamese optics store, Optiek Ninon yesterday opened its first overseas branch on Camp Street.

The planned bridge across the Corentyne River will use the design, finance, build and own model and a team has been established to discuss in the coming weeks a comprehensive investment framework and advise on a final location, President Irfaan Ali and Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi yesterday announced.

A woman, who was before the court for causing the death of a police officer in 2019, had the charge withdrawn after $5 million in in compensation was given to the mother of the deceased.

Two persons who were arrested earlier this week in relation to a quantity of suspected cocaine in packets of powdered milk were released after forensic tests revealed that the substance was actually milk.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday initiated  legal proceedings against a Jamaican company, former Public Works Minister David Patterson and two others over $72.4m worth of motion scales which were fully paid for by the state in 2017 but never delivered.

A Rosignol, West Bank Berbice man died after he was beaten with a piece of wood and stabbed while leaving a shop in his neighbourhood yesterday afternoon.

A woman is now hospitalised after she was launched through the front windscreen of a minibus due to a collision along the Rupert Craig Highway, between Conversation Tree Road and Bel Air Access Road, East Coast Demerara.

Casey Stephen, the driver allegedly involved in the hit-and-run accident which claimed the life of Ryan Boodhoo, is now facing four charges and is on over $1 million in bail.

One hundred and forty-one new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded along with another death.

A boat captain was earlier this week remanded over the murder of a Berbice man whose body was found at Kumaka Waterfront, North West District with what appeared to be marks of violence on his face and neck, several days after he was reported missing.

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton yesterday said that he never received any report concerning 39-year-old Tanesha Fredericks who was reportedly forced to work without adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on an offshore rig  while employed by Trinidad oil company—Centipede Offshore (Guyana) Inc.

Head of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Assistant Superintendent Elston Baird is urging ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to remain professional while performing their duties even though some situations might cause them aggravation.

Tenders were on August 17 opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Main Access Roads at Ituni/Tacama in Region Ten.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) have collectively voiced their disapproval of the latest coronavirus measure instituted by the government that mandates that persons wishing to visit ministries, government departments and agencies must first be vaccinated.  

A man was on Wednesday taken into police custody after he was found with a .38 pistol and five matching rounds at a city hotel.

Guyana and Suriname are to pursue proposals for a joint gas strategy.