Guyana News

A Berbice policeman is now hospitalized in a stable condition after he slammed into a motor lorry around 2 pm on Tuesday along the Upper Corentyne Public Road.

A truck driver was on Wednesday sentenced to seven months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzlement.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 01, 2021, eight more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) former President David Granger has gone on an indefinite leave of absence from the party.

A man and a woman were gunned down in Sophia last night by an assailant on a bicycle.

It has been one year since the first set of persons were treated at the country’s Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal and the Minister of Health has stated that expansion plans may have to be put in place if Guyana’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

A 37-year-old mother of two was stabbed to death sometime between Tuesday night and yesterday morning at Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara (WBD), by her husband, who subsequently hung himself.

A driver attached to the Ministry of Health was yesterday charged with causing the death of Cuthbert Crandon who succumbed to his injuries after an accident with the ministry’s vehicle on Vlissengen Road.

Rishi Bharrat, the Crab-wood Creek pandit, who on Saturday evening was fatally beaten after he attempted to disperse a group of men who were behaving raucously in front of his residence, died from a fractured skull and brain haemorrhage.

Guyana’s latest gazetted COVID-19 emergency measures allow for cinema patrons to use concession stands.

Around 20 foreign service officers (FSOs) are being recalled from their posts by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Days after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, Dexter Morris on Tuesday surrendered to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in the company of his lawyer.

Sangodele Mentore, the driver involved in the accident which claimed the life of Dhaniram Harilall, three weeks after he was struck down on the Rail-way Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday charged with causing his death.

The Ministry of Labour is probing the death of a chainsaw operator, Winston Meredith on August 17 on a logging concession.

The badly decomposed body of a Stanleytown, New Amster-dam  woman was yesterday discovered in her house just before midday.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, has said that the Extradition and Legal Assistance agreements currently being developed between Guyana and Suriname, is a sign of this country’s commitment to working with its eastern neighbour.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has embarked on a France-funded project aimed at enhanced protection of indigenous rights, the forest, and the environment.

A large quantity of marijuana plants were yesterday destroyed by fire during a drug eradication exercise at Coomacka Mines, Linden, Upper Demerara River.

The body of an unidentified man was yesterday found at Maria’s Pleasure Koker, located in Wakenaam, Essequibo River.

Three-year-old Sheneea Young on Tuesday suffered a fractured left leg after she was struck down in an accident at Hyde Park, Parika Access Road, East Bank Essequibo.