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An early afternoon trip from Region Eight turned deadly for Ministry of Finance officials this afternoon as their vehicle crashed, resulting in the death of a senior Finance Ministry official and injuries to three others. The dead official has been identified as Prittipaul Jaigobind, who served in the EU Task Force Unit of the Finance […]
Today marked the third time within the past two weeks that a total of four coronavirus related deaths were recorded in a single day. The Ministry of Health today reported the deaths of two women and two men from Coronavirus. The eldest was 91 years old while the youngest was 45 years old. The country’s […]
Minister of Tourism, Industry, and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond has announced that the scrap metal trade will be reopened from next Thursday. The reopening of the trade will allow for the export of scrap metal once again. The Minister told scrap metal dealers this afternoon that the trade is being opened with strict surveillance from a […]
With the number of new cases of coronavirus climbing steadily, the National COVID-19 Task Force has announced that all non-religious Easter activities are prohibited during the long Easter weekend. In a statement, the COVID-19 Task Force named wet-fetes, parties, limes and shows as among the activities that will not be allowed. Easter activities in public […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition has once again expressed its interest to sit on the national COVID-19 Task Force. According to APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Dr. Karen Cummings, the Public Health situation in Guyana has been worsening. She said the government should consider having all hands on deck to address this issue in a bipartisan way. […]
The Ministry of Housing and Water on Thursday inked $2.3B worth of contracts with six contractors for the construction of a four-lane highway from Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara to Mandela Avenue in Georgetown, a continuation of works already started in the area. The works have been divided into six lots and is […]
Attorney-at-Law and Member of the People’s National Congress Reform, James Bond, Former NICIL CEO, Colvin Heath-London along with two others, Jermaine Richmond and Eddie Doolall were slapped with several fraud charges today. The charges relate to several pieces of land along the East Bank of Demerara. The men appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan. Bond […]
Agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit arrested a 64-year-old man on Wednesday with almost 10 pounds of compressed marijuana in a suitcase in the mini-bus park area near Hadfield and Water Streets. The elderly man, Clarence Wrights of Bagotsville, West Bank Demerara, was noticed walking along the street pulling the suitcase moments after crossing over […]
Despite a steep increase in COVID-19 cases in the past month, the Government has made no changes to the national COVID-19 regulations for the next month. The regulations which were published in the official gazette simply extend the same measures that have been in place for the past few months, including the 10:30 pm to […]
Less than 24 hours after the Police issued a wanted bulletin for 24-year-old Mark Anthony Henry for questioning in relation to the murder of West Coast Berbice resident, Sooroojdeo Deochand, the man turned himself in to investigators.. The 68-year-old Sooroojdeo Deochand was discovered in his home with multiple chop wounds about his body on Monday. […]
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