Guyana News

The distribution of AstraZeneca vaccines that were recently received from the United Kingdom has begun, the Minister of Health has reported.

Seeking to assuage concerns, President Irfaan Ali on Monday assured that the government’s new regional crime fighting units will not be a parallel police force.

Wading into the Opposition APNU+AFC for telling “untruths” about inequality and not doing its part in trying to bring unity since he took office, President Irfaan Ali on Monday challenged opposition supporters to judge him by his actions and to fact-check assertions from the opposing party.

A Sophia teenager, who police say was caught red-handed after robbing a man of a phone in a knife-point attack, was yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge.

The mother of 12-year-old Varshanie Ramroop, who was hit down while crossing the Farm Public Road, East Bank Essequibo in June, is asking that the police be more active in addressing the matter.

The body of an unidentified man was found in a koker at Nouvelle Flanders, West Coast Demerara yesterday.

The Ministry of Health today said that as August 02, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Jaleel Leow, a 21-year-old mechanic of Dennis Street,  Campbellville was yesterday gunned down in `B’ Field, Sophia.

Although silent on if or when government will meet and negotiate with the GPSU, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said public servants would be receiving retroactive increases in wages and salaries before the end of the year.

A Stanleytown, New Amsterdam man died after he lost control of his car and ended up into a trench along the Warren Public Road, East Coast Berbice on Sunday evening.

With several parts of the country still reeling from the effects of recent flooding from above normal rainfall, the government yesterday announced flood management and mitigation measures that include construction of a new drainage system for flood-prone South Georgetown.

A twenty-three-year-old Lindener drowned yesterday afternoon during an outing with friends at Buck Town Creek, Christianburg, Wismar, Linden.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday maintained that Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon must first recognise the PPP/C government as legitimate before they consult on the appointments of a substantive Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary.

A policeman is among two men who died on Sunday following an accident at Airy Hall Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

An unvaccinated nurse was among the COVID-19 fatalities last month, while two unvaccinated doctors are currently in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The Alberttown, Georgetown apartment building which was recently gutted by a fire that claimed the lives of two Venezuelan women was in breach of several aspects of the building code.

While assuring that government would continue to channel the resources needed to ensure Guyana achieves herd immunity against COVID-19, President Irfaan Ali yesterday made an impassioned appeal to the unvaccinated to get their shots, including teachers, whom he urged to lead by example as he did not rule out making vaccination mandatory for those going back into the classrooms.

Keno Griffith, who was chopped in his head and arm on Monday after he tried to rescue a woman from her aggressor, yesterday succumbed to his injuries.

Two beauticians and a taxi driver were on Sunday arrested after they were accused of stealing from a family who hired them to provide hair and makeup services.

Sookranie Singh, the mother of the recently slain domestic violence victim Omela Singh, believes that had the police been more dedicated to their jobs, her daughter might still be alive.