Guyana News

A Corentyne taxi driver and a friend are now dead after he lost control of his car during a street race and crashed into a paddy truck at Borlam Turn, Corentyne, on Tuesday morning.

President Irfaan Ali on Monday approved an announced rollback of COVID-19 restrictions on social activities and distancing, while also making the wearing of masks in public spaces optional.

The wedding celebrations of an East Coast Demerara (ECD) family came to a tragic end early yesterday morning when the brother of the bride was fatally stabbed during a confrontation with a group of uninvited guests.

A vast swathe of mangroves has been cleared from the eastern bank of the Berbice River adjacent to Crab Island to facilitate the development and construction of Guyana’s first deep water port by Canadian owned CGX Energy Inc.

A well-known animal rights activist fatally shot herself yesterday at the Brickdam Police Station, in Georgetown, a short while after a domestic dispute.

A new state-of-the-art $30 million infectious diseases building to accommodate tuberculosis and HIV patients was on Monday afternoon commissioned at the Suddie Public Hospital, in Region Two. 

A $42 million water distribution system was commissioned in Jawalla, in the Upper-Mazaruni on Sunday, enabling access by some 600 residents to potable water for the first time, the Department of Public Informa-tion (DPI) has reported.

Over 2,000 persons living in the riverain communities in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River, in Region Two, are expected to have better access to quality dental services with the redeployment of the rehabilitated ‘Lady Janet’ dental boat.

The Health Ministry on Monday confirmed that a 75-year-old man from Region Four, who was partially vaccinated, was the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality.

Stating that “lives are at risk,” the Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its decision to not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the storage of radioactive sources to be used in the oil & gas industry.

Convicted John Caesar, who is currently serving a life sentence, was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $2.5 million after he was admitted to being in possession of a quantity of narcotics at the Mazaruni prison.

Richard Anthony, 37, who is accused of killing his drunken younger brother after an argument in Alberttown, Georgetown, was on Monday charged with manslaughter.

A Customs Officer is now in police custody after he shot and injured two horse-cart operators at Kersaint Park, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday afternoon.

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Alex Williams, who was fatally chopped during the wee hours of Sunday morning along the Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice Public Road.

A total of over one tonne of cocaine and cannabis was seized last year by police ranks.

For last year, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) seized a total of 71 illegal firearms.

Despite a court order, the Ministry of Education is yet to recoup money to cover the cost of stolen fuel by a former employee, according to Permanent Secretary Alfred King.

 The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) and Guyana’s engineering fraternity are mourning the loss of  engineer, Dionne Amsterdam, MSc (Eng.),

Trudy DeHaarte, 48, a well-known animal rights activist, fatally shot herself at the Brickdam Police Station this morning. 

The Inter-American Development Bank’s rejection of the Guyana Shore Base Inc’s (GYSBI) expansion loan on the ground that new oil and gas operations won’t be funded has serious implications for this country, according to industry officials.