Guyana News

The government intends to effect repairs to those major interior roads that have been damaged by rainfall and flooding.

On Thursday August 12th, the Democrats Abroad- Guyana Country Committee was formally launched.

Days after he reportedly ingested a poisonous substance, a man was yesterday found dead.

While Caribbean Cinemas has signaled its intent to reopen its theatres at the Giftland Mall, it remains hopeful that government will reevaluate its decision to restrict the sale of food and beverages.

A labourer, who is accused of a break-in and theft, was on Monday remanded to prison after trying to mislead a city court.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has directed the Guyana Police Force to settle all debts with the Lyken/Newburg funeral parlour but maintains that the company’s operations remain a public health hazard.

Prime Minister, Mark Phillips (left) this afternoon at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri welcomed the President of the Republic of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi  (right) and his wife, First Lady  Mellisa K.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 16, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today issued a release which stated that it had been told by its counterpart law enforcement agency in the United States that a complaint against Attorney General Anil Nandlall had been dismissed as “frivolous and vexatious”.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that a pornographic video circulating on social media and purporting to have been shot at one of its locations actually originated from a vaccination centre in San Jose, Costa Rica.

President Irfaan Ali last night announced an additional $2.6b in relief  for society’s most vulnerable which includes a $25,000 one-off grant to all old age pensioners, public assistance recipients and persons living with disabilities along with one month’s free electricity to more than 40,000 households.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Secu-rity yesterday launched the country’s first ever business incubator dedicated to women.

Twenty-year-old Mahendra Deopaul died on Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle in an attempt to escape from the police.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced that a bank account has been established to mobilise relief for earthquake-hit Haiti.

A 19-year-old was on Sunday killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Kairuni Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Keon McPherson, the man who was found dead at ‘C’ Field, Sophia on Sunday, died as a result of a gunshot injury, which he is believed to have gotten in an ambush.

A 32-year-old Moruca, Region One woman said she was forced to deliver her own child more than two weeks ago after she was allegedly neglected while in labour at the Suddie Hospital.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 14 new cases of the virus.

President Irfaan Ali has labelled an opposition backed “anti-racism” rally held in New York over the weekend as deceitful.

Some residents of communities in Region Nine yesterday staged a protest against the recently implemented vaccination requirements in the region.