Guyana News

A businessman was yesterday charged with obtaining money by false pretense from the owner of Sanjay’s Jewellery. 

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is now utilising the services of a number of funeral homes across the country to store the remains of individuals whose deaths are the subject of police investigations.

The township of Mabaruma, and the community of Port Kaituma in Region One will be the beneficiaries of an upcoming medical outreach organized by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana in collaboration with several other organisations.

The Guyana Police Force is currently making attempts to find the proprietor of a Plaisance, East Coast Demerara shop, where a revolver and matching ammunition were found.

A 56-year-old Leguan man is currently in police custody after police discovered 13 grammes of cocaine on his premises.

From August 1st, members of the public who wish to visit a ministry or a government agency for a service will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or if they are not vaccinated they will have to make an appointment.

After being shut for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, cinemas can now reopen at 40% capacity for fully vaccinated persons.

Over 250,000 persons have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Ministry of Health reported today on its Facebook page.

(Business Wire) Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced estimated second-quarter 2021 earnings of US$4.7 billion, or US$1.10 per share assuming dilution, compared with a loss of US$1.1 billion in the second quarter of 2020.

(Trinidad Guardian) As part of the phased introduction of its commercial schedule, from August 06, Caribbean Airlines says it will begin non-stop service between Trinidad (POS) and Antigua, as well as PoS and Ogle, Guyana.

Two Venezuelans perished yesterday morning after a fire, suspected to have been caused by an unattended stove, gutted an Alberttown, Georgetown apartment building.

Even though it never replied to her letter in December last year, the government is “actively reviewing” recommendations by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) Michelle Bachelet and assessing ways it could partner with UN entities to strengthen its human rights agenda, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd says.

Heavy and consistent rainfall has left just over a dozen buildings in Eteringbang, Region Seven flooded. 

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the US$900 million gas-to-energy project should begin shortly after the Terms of Scope (ToS) for its conduct is issued to the consultants who will be facilitating the process.

A pedal cyclist from Albion, Corentyne died yesterday after he was struck by a car along the Nigg Village, Corentyne Public Road just around midday.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been granted an interim injunction barring the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from discussing a motion for his dismissal.

Two more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 57 new cases of the virus.

The driver involved in the accident at Mabura, Region Ten, that claimed the life of Pretipaul Jaigobin, on April 1, was on Wednesday charged with causing his death.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Laurel Samaroo, the man who was found dead in a fuel truck along the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, has found that he died as a result of bleeding in the brain caused by blunt trauma to the head.

The Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development yesterday commissioned a $120.9 million road at Phase Two Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.