Guyana News

Dhaniram Harilall, the man who succumbed on Thursday, three weeks after he was struck down in a hit-and-run accident at the Liliendaal Railway Embankment died as a result of complications from injuries suffered.

Omale Damon, the Guyana Police Force Corporal who was charged with engaging in corrupt transactions, was yesterday granted bail.

Two more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 80 new cases of the virus.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Develop-ment, celebrating 25 years of the signing of the Iwokrama Act, is continuing with partnership building with several key agencies, the organization noted in a recent press release.

Just a month after fuel prices were increased, consumers are facing another hike.

Hundreds including children and police from the Pomeroon-Supenaam area in Region Two as well as the neighbouring islands can now consider themselves better equipped with the necessary knowledge in Information Technology (IT) after successfully graduating from the Richard Faikall Police College in computer studies.

Former acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan passed away today at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Ministry of Health today said that as August 29, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A business trip ended tragically for a pastry vendor when he was shot and robbed at Onderneeming Sandpit last night.

An estimated 2,000 children, ages 12 -17, received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 jab during a vaccination drive at MovieTowne yesterday in what has been seen as a major boost for the government’s back-to-school drive.

A Hindu priest from Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne was beaten to death on Saturday night after he attempted to disperse a group of men who were drinking in front of his residence and were allegedly verbally abusing his daughters.

Guyana’s sixty-member delegation at the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Houston, United States, has led to increased interest in business opportunities with a number MOUs signed with private sector companies, Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) Head, Peter Ramsaroop says.

Thirty-nine-year-old plant operator, Kersa Robertson died yesterday morning after he was engulfed in a fire shortly after arriving at the Bosai Mineral Group compound, Republic Avenue, MacKenzie, Linden.

The Potaro Mining Company and the Malali Quarry Inc have applied for environmental permits to operate quarries in regions Seven and Ten respectively.

With public schooling set to reopen for face-to-face learning next week, parents of the youngest learners are being asked by the Education Ministry to step forward and offer all necessary support.

Hundreds including children and police from the Pomeroon-Supenaam area in Region Two as well as the neighbouring islands can now consider themselves better equipped with the necessary knowledge in Information Technology (IT) after successfully graduating from the Richard Faikall Police College in computer studies.

The 16th Chinese Medical Brigade has donated US$100,000 in advanced medical equipment and instruments to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

An elderly man who was hospitalised three weeks ago with broken legs after he was struck down in a hit-and-run accident at the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

A vendor and a taxi driver standing by to witness the post-mortem examination of a family member, were on Friday robbed by three men while at the Memorial Gardens, Le Repentir Cemetery.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of August 28, 2021, another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.