Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud on Friday announced that all persons living with permanent disabilities as well as cancer patients and people living with HIV will benefit from lifetime public assistance.
A man was sentenced to four years in jail on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of over five pounds of cannabis for trafficking.
The ongoing feud in the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) has landed in the High Court, which three members have petitioned for declarations that Trevor Benn and Patrick Mentore are the union’s duly elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, and that a Special General Meeting of Mem-bers be allowed for June 25, 2022.
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) yesterday launched its ‘Drive Home’ promotion, through which it is offering persons borrowing to either buy or build a house a chance to win a new car.
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen once again.
The Health Ministry on Friday confirmed that a 79-year-old man of Region Six, East-Berbice Coren-tyne, succumbed on Wed-nesday in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Liliendaal.
The police in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, and its Schools Welfare Unit carried out random searches of students at East Coast of Demerara schools on Thursday that uncovered multiple weapons as well as a toy gun.
A supernumerary constable was taken into police custody on Thursday after he allegedly shot one of his co-workers during a disagreement in the parking lot of the Ramada Princess Hotel and Casino.
BRUSSELS/KYIV, (Reuters) – With the war in Ukraine’s east raging on, Kyiv received a major boost when the European Union recommended that it become a candidate to join the bloc, in what would be a dramatic geopolitical shift following Russia’s invasion.
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.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization agreed on the first change to global trading rules in years yesterday as well as a deal to boost the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in a series of pledges that were heavy on compromise.
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.
(Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department has removed a former Venezuelan national treasurer and nephew of the country’s first lady from its sanctions list, it said yesterday.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Four people who confessed to taking part in the murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor were each sentenced to 23 years and six months in jail yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A forensic exam carried out on human remains found in the Amazon rainforest confirmed yesterday that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips, Brazil’s federal police said, adding that a search was underway for a man suspected of involvement in his killing.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Nicaraguan state-owned mining company Empresa Nicaraguense de Minas (ENIMINAS), accusing President Daniel Ortega’s government of deepening ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Supreme Court yesterday said authorities violated a man’s human rights by detaining and holding him for months without trial under a 2018 state of emergency, a ruling that challenges the suspension of rights as part of efforts to battle crime.