November 2020

A 52-year-old boat captain of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara stabbed himself to death after he could not have a relationship with a 14-year-old girl. Dead is Jeffery Narine. The incident occurred at a shop at Riverview,…

Regional storage facilities will be retrofitted to house the COVID-19 vaccines once they become available. During Monday’s COVID-19 update, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony said while the Ministry has invited bids for the construction…

Chief Justice Roxane George will on Tuesday continue hearings in a petition filed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall to strike out the second elections petition (99/20-P) of the APNU+AFC coalition. The Coalition had filed two petitions…

A 26-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown High Court after he confessed to raping a 14-year-old girl in 2017. Akeem Wong called ‘Ben Laden’ admitted that on…

The government has imposed a travel restriction for Cuyuni –Mazaruni, Region Seven, to prevent a further spread of COVID-19. The Region as of Monday recorded a total of 471 cases, of which 71 are active. However, 66 of the active cases…

The local tourism industry is being allowed to re-open interior lodges and resorts under the new gazetted COVID-19 measures released on Monday. Hotels, interior lodges and resorts and tour companies are now allowed to operate 24/7 as…

Thirty persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24hrs pushing the monthly total to 1,243. This is according to the Ministry of Health’s daily dashboard which currently records 5,406 COVID-19 cases in the country. Monday’s…

Twenty-year-old John McKenzie was on Monday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment after confessing to fatally stabbing a 45-year-old vagrant along Leopold and Lombard Street in 2018. McKenzie, of Leopold Street, Georgetown was charged with…

After months of closure due to COVID-19, the ferry service between Guyana and Suriname will resume on December 12, 2020. This was revealed in an updated COVID-19 Gazetted Order published on Monday. “The Moleson Creek Crossing shall be…

The Knight Riders Group will play "a very broad role" in the USA-based Major League Cricket (MLC), the latest attempt to launch a franchise-led T20 tournament that is expected to kick off in 2022. That brings to three the number of leagues…