Guyana News

A Bare Root man, who was apprehended by public-spirited citizens after allegedly robbing a pensioner, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of armed robbery.

With the investigation still underway to determine the cause of the fire that gutted a business place and a house at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara on Thursday, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday renewed its call for home owners to equip their properties with fire prevention and detection mechanisms.

Effective from today, persons travelling to Guyana will no longer have to undergo testing for COVID-19 in order to be allowed entry into the country.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud today announced that all persons living with permanent disabilities as well as those with HIV and cancer patients will now benefit from lifetime public assistance.

Police ranks in Regional Division 4’C’ are investigating a fatal accident which has claimed the life of 42-year-old Romeo Machado of Lot 58 Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara.

In what will be seen as a reversal of an earlier position, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced Cabinet’s approval of the recommendation for a $60,000 per month minimum wage.

Guyana has lifted the COVID-19 testing requirement for international travel; effective June 18, 2022, the Ministry of Health said today.

Sugar union GAWU yesterday publicly called for the removal of GuySuCo Chief Executive Officer, Sasenarine Singh,  a move that will pile pressure on the government over the beleaguered industry.

An international team will be named by Tuesday to form the Commission of Inquiry (CoI)  to probe the attempts to rig the March 2nd 2020 regional and general elections,  President Irfaan Ali announced yesterday.

A Berbice rape complainant who ingested a poisonous substance died on Wednesday night – hours after the accused was remanded on the charge of rape.

A fire just around noon yesterday left a trail of devastation for a Grove, East Bank Demerara family as the conflagration destroyed two of their properties, one of which housed a well-known paint shop.

The cost of living continues to rise and even though the Irfaan Ali government budgeted $5 billion to cushion the steep hikes, food and other commodity prices are continuing to climb.

A Corentyne woman and her husband are now nursing injuries after their neighbour launched an attack on them after they offered assistance to the attacker’s abused wife.

ExxonMobil yesterday said that the gas compression and injection systems on the Liza Unity Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel have been safely commissioned in around half the normal industry time and has achieved background flare as designed and within the 60-day period outlined in the Liza Phase 2 Environmental Permit.

In keeping with Canadian company CGX’s relinquishment provision in its contract, the Guyana government on Wednesday said that a notice of blocks to be given up will be provided soon and added to this country’s first-time auction scheduled for September. 

Alan Padmore, the labourer whose lifeless body was discovered in a hammock at his Bushlot, West Coast Berbice (WCB) residence last week, died from hanging, according to an autopsy.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday introduced the digital Theoretical Driver’s Examination in Region Six which saw a first batch of sixty candidates sitting the examination online.

A Black Bush Polder man was yesterday found not guilty, following a trial at the High Court in Berbice, of fatally stabbing a soldier at Philippi Village, Corentyne, back in December, 2018.

The reconstruction of David Rose Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens, has started.

A Wismar, Linden man is now dead after he suffered fatal injuries when he crashed into a rail along the Washer Pond Public Road, in Mackenzie, Linden, on Wednesday morning.