By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
News, Politics
661 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in the past five days and not much is being done to tackle the spread of the virus. Regions 3 and 4 are the regions recording the highest number of new cases, accounting for more than 75% of all new cases. The two neighbouring regions also continue […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
Crime, News
An 18-year-old man was stabbed to death at Swan Village along the Linden/Soesdyke highway on Saturday night during a drunken fight with one of his friends. Investigators have identified the dead man as Roy Boston. A police report revealed that late on Saturday night, Boston and a group of friends were at a bar in […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
Crime, News
Four persons are expected in Court this week to face murder charges in relation to the death of Sophia youth Keon Mcpherson. The D’ Field Sophia man was found murdered last Sunday morning in a yard at C’ Field Sophia. In a statement, the Police said the Director of Public Prosecutions has advised that murder […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2021
News, Politics
There are almost 1200 active cases of Coronavirus in the country and the nation’s death toll jumped to 591 today as the country recorded three additional deaths. Based on the figures released by the Health Ministry, the past week, Guyana has recorded a total of 21 COVID-19 related deaths and a whopping 703 new cases. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2021
Crime, News
The wife of accused Ponzi scheme operator Yuri Garcia Dominguez who is also facing fraud charges was today charged for falsifying a Coronovirus test result. The woman Ateeka Ishmael appeared in Court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge of falsifying the COVID test result. She is alleged to have provided a false test […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2021
Crime, News
A Corporate Secretary who was on trial for causing death by dangerous driving has settled the matter with the dead man’s family to the tune of $5million and that has resulted in the Police no longer pursuing the matter in Court. Police Officer Carl Roach died on the 25th November 2019 along Brickdam after he […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2021
News, Politics
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Jamaican company, Nevpro Realization INC., Former Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, Former Permanent Secretary Balram Balraj, and Lawrence Mentis over breach of a contract. The lawsuit is in relation to losses and damages that were suffered as a result of the breach of contract for […]
By News Source Guyana on August 19, 2021
News, Politics
In a strongly-worded statement, the Guyana Trades Union Congress and the Guyana Public Service Union declared today that they stand in full support of workers and other members of the public who are against forced vaccinations. The two unions said they will fiercely defend the rights of workers and citizens with every legal method available […]
By News Source Guyana on August 19, 2021
News
The Surinamese President wrapped up his official visit to Guyana this afternoon and the two countries have reached additional agreements in several areas and have made moves to strengthen previous agreements. With Health and Agricultural seen as two ways in which Guyana and Suriname can collaborate, two Memorandums of Understanding were inked covering those two […]
By News Source Guyana on August 19, 2021
Crime, News
Police investigators were forced to release a Berbice woman and a man who were arrested this week for cocaine trafficking after the packets of milk the woman had in her possession while preparing to board a flight to Barbados turned out to be really milk. The Police in its initial release claimed that it busted […]