By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2021
News, Politics
Close to two weeks after GDF Lance Corporal, Daniel Fraser and his Barbadian girlfriend Sheniqua Hodge were both killed in a hail of bullets in the Sophia Area, a 23-year-old carpenter was today charged and remanded to prison for the double murder. The accused, Sophia resident Koabe Grant appeared before Magistrate, Rochell Liverpool at the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2021
News, Politics
The number of pregnant women contracting Coronavirus is on the increase and the Ministry of Health is encouraging them to take extra precautions against the virus. There are more than 125 persons currently hospitalized with the virus across the country, with the majority being housed at the COVID Hospital at Lilliendaal. A number of pregnant […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2021
News, Politics
Information released by Head of Medical Services and Cardiology at the Georgetown Hospital, Dr. Mahendra Carpen has confirmed that the majority of COVID-19 deaths in Guyana are among the unvaccinated. In the two charts released on his Facebook page, Dr. Carpen revealed that in the month of July, 95% of admissions to the COVID-ICU and […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2021
Crime, News
A prisoner who was on remand on a simple larceny charge was stabbed to death at the Lusignan Prison on Sunday during a fight with other prisoners over an improvised weapon. According to a Police report, 23-year-old Eijad Mohamed Ali was accused by three other prisoners of stealing an improvised weapon. Ali was relieved of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2021
News, Politics
While reminding citizens that the existing COVID-19 regulations and guidelines remain in place, the Guyana Police Force confirmed that there is no total lockdown in place in Guyana. The COVID-19 curfew in Guyana remains between the hours of 10:30pm and 4:00am daily. Persons are being reminded to stay within the confines of their homes during […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2021
News, Politics
Nine more COVID-19 deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health have pushed Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll to 683. A total of 58 deaths were recorded within the first 12 days of September. The number of new cases continues to climb steadily with 194 new cases recorded as of Saturday, taking the total number of active […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2021
Crime, News
Police investigators in Region Seven are probing the brutal killing of a 34-year-old gold miner from Grove, East Bank Demerara. The dead man has been identified as Marlon Carter. His lifeless and mutilated body was discovered on Saturday afternoon on the bank of the river at Quartzstone landing. The Police said the body bore several […]
By News Source Guyana on September 10, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health today reported 10 more COVID-19 related deaths, pushing the total number of deaths recorded since the start of September to 44. Of the ten most recent deaths, eight are from Region Four. The country’s death toll from the virus has now reached 669. The Ministry of Health also recorded another 218 […]
By News Source Guyana on September 10, 2021
News, Politics
The family of a 56-year-old nurse who died recently at the Lilliendaal COVID-19 Hospital after testing positive for Coronavirus wants a full investigation into the operations of the health institution and the way patients are being treated there. Nurse Vanessa Maynard who worked at a private hospital in Georgetown, passed away yesterday after more than […]
By News Source Guyana on September 10, 2021
Crime, News
Close to two months after a South Rumiveldt youth was gunned down in Linden after arriving in the town to meet a lady friend, a miner from the community has been charged and remanded to jail over the murder. The accused 26-year-old, Samorea Mitchell appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning and was not […]