October 8, 2020

An 18-year-old miner died on Tuesday last after a tree fell on him in a mining pit at Big Surarie Backdam in Puruni, Region Seven. Dead is Anthony O’Connel of Shea Village, Rupununi, Region Nine; he was the youngest of eleven siblings.…

The Office of the President on Thursday announced the appointment of eight Permanent Secretaries within several Government Ministries. The appointments are as follows: Mr Malcolm Watkins– Mr Watkins has been appointed to the…

The Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases of which 16 persons are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The total number of cases is now 3,329 with 2,165 recoveries.  The majority of the new cases on Thursday were…

The Chinese government has donated a COVID-19 testing machine that will vastly improve the capacity for testing in Guyana, specifically reducing the long waiting time for results. Newly appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr Narine Singh…

Four Guyanese and two Barbadian nationals will appear in Court on Friday to answer charges related to a major bust of marijuana earlier this week at a port in Georgetown. Those arrested are James Emptage, Clyde Outridge, Hardat Monilall,…

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has ordered the State to pay $10.5M to a man, his two sons and a friend after she found that they were unlawfully arrested and detained, taken on a “ride of shame” and threatened when they complained of the…

Two days after the Government deployed its Advisor, Dr Jennifer Westford, to meet with striking nurses and Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), Dr Westford is reporting that most of the issues that forced the nurses to strike have already…

A 33-year-old woman is preparing to file private criminal charges against nine ranks of the Guyana Police Force after it is alleged that they stole over $1M in gold and other items from her handbag. According to Atday Mitchell, her…

Sixty-year-old Allan Sim on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the murder of 31-year-old Melissa Skeete, a former dispatcher of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), whose bloodied body was found with several stabs wounds in 2015.…

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be embarking on producing value added products with the hopes of revitalizing the industry and make it more profitable. Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Sasenarine Singh during a tour of the…