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Two citizens have filed private criminal charges against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice, Claudette Singh. The two persons, Keith Ondaan of Linden and Onita Walcott of Victoria are all accusing Justice Singh of malfeasance in public office contrary to the common law. Although the charges are the same, they are related […]
The National Hydromet Office has issued a flood advisory as there is expected to be heavy rainfall during the course of the night. The Flood advisory is for Regions 4, 5, 6 and 10. According to the weather forecast for the night, rainfall will intensify and there will be mostly moderate to heavy with a […]
Guyana recorded 7 new cases of coronavirus today with six of those cases coming from Arau in Region Seven and the other case from here in Georgetown. In the past four days, 44 new COVID-19 cases were recorded with the majority of those cases in the interior regions. Today, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud […]
In the first seven months of this year, the Trafficking in Persons Unit of the Social Protection Ministry identified 43 victims of human trafficking in Guyana. All of those persons were non-nationals. In a statement today, the Trafficking-in-persons unit explained that it received a total of 22 cases of suspected trafficking and 8 of those […]
Communities across Region Nine have been warned by the Regional Health Officials that they are all at a high risk of seeing more cases of coronavirus. As of Monday, Region Nine had recorded a total of 41 cases of coronavirus with 36 of those cases still active. The region recorded its first COVID-19 case back […]
Guysuco saw a sugar production shortfall in the first crop for 2020 by over 9000 tonnes, representing 20%. The company produced a total of 37,015 tonnes of sugar during the first crop. It was hoping to produce 46,476 tonnes during the first crop. In its review of sugar production for the first crop of 2020, […]
A businessman from Lethem was arrested on Sunday while smuggling beer from neighbouring Brazil. The businessman has been identified as Ryan Khan. He was arrested by ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit as he was loading the smuggled beer into his vehicle. He reportedly picked up the smuggled beer from a hidden spot close […]
Guyana recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24hours from a total of 143 completed tests. All 19 of those cases are from Region Nine. On Sunday, 10 cases were recorded with four cases from Region 9 and six cases from Region 7. On Saturday, the authorities recorded nine new cases with all […]
A young biker was pronounced dead last evening after crashing into a cyclist along Mandela Avenue. The cyclist has been hospitalised in a critical condition. Police investigators have identified the dead biker as Leon Wilkins of Sophia. The accident occurred just after 6pm. Eyewitnesses said the biker was speeding north along Mandela Avenue when he […]
Guyana recorded ten new cases of the coronavirus disease on Sunday and eight cases were recorded the previous day. The Public Health Ministry has not revealed details of the new cases, but the total number of active cases in Guyana has climbed to 169 with four of those persons now in the COVID-19 ICU at […]
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