Guyana News

Two men have been charged with the Christmas Eve murder of martial arts instructor and bodyguard Garfield Newton.

A fire on New Year’s Day destroyed Guyana’s lone public Echocardiography (ECG) Laboratory at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) leaving some $25 million worth of damage behind.

While acknowledging that the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) are a start in the process of electoral reform, civil society group ERG is contending that the proposal to divide Region Four – Guyana’s largest electoral district – into sub-districts is provocative and unjustified.

In a bid to ensure vessels are operated safely in Guyana waters, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has announced that all vessels will be required to have a bottom inspection at least twice every five years.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 1st, 2022, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died and a whopping 281 new cases of the virus have been reported.

A logger was injured on New Year’s Day by an arrow let loose during a boat chase on the Demerara River.

Prompt action by the Region Two police resulted in the capture of two men believed to have robbed a Charity businessman and his wife on New Year’s Day.

A Grove Squatting Area man is in a critical condition following an altercation at his residence on New Year’s Day.

A Queens, New York man of Guyanese heritage was stabbed to death on Tuesday last in a street robbery.

A man was yesterday arrested in the Springlands, Upper Corentyne Area in connection with an accident which happened in August, 2016 and resulted in the death of an occupant of his car.

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG) on Saturday extended congratulations to the  Guyana Government on the passing of the landmark local content legislation by Parliament.

Steve Persaud, 21, of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam, Essequibo River  was stabbed on New Year’s Day after declining to repair a motorcycle.

Joel Rose, 23, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown was slashed on his face on New Year’s Day with a beer bottle.

The police today said that a woman of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Meliene Magalie reported that that she had been beaten by her husband on Old Year’s Night and her abode later set afire.

A Venezuelan man whose name the police gave as  Animal Sonja, 51,  of Valencia, Venezuela was fatally beaten on New Year’s Day at Arau mountain top, Cuyuni River.

As over $1 billion owed by the Panamanian government to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for rice sold to the country remains in limbo, a proposal is being put forward for consideration by the GRDB to offer a commission to millers.

At a press conference held on Friday in the boardroom of City Hall, City Engineer, Colvern Venture expressed his dissatisfaction with the accomplishments of his department for the year 2021.

GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE ANNOUNCES ITS OTHER RANKS PROMOTIONS FOR 2022   In accordance with Part III Section 16 of the Defence Act 15:01 of 1977, the Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess, MSS, is pleased to announce the promotion of One Thousand Twenty-One (1021) other ranks of the Guyana Defence Force.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) responded to a report of a fire at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at about 5:24 am this morning.

The Ministry of Health today reported 206 more cases of COVID-19, a surge in recent days indicating that Christmas festivities had led to a rise in numbers.