COVID-19 death toll reaches 400

Four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...

Petitioners file appeal of APNU/AFC second election petition

The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition has appealed the decision by Chief Justice Roxane George, in which she...

Man busted with cocaine at CJIA remanded

A JetBlue passenger who was busted with 1.520 kilograms of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was today charged and remanded. Adyemi Dumisani...

Taxi driver gets 18 years imprisonment for raping girl, 13

Damon Assanah, 33, was today sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old schoolgirl back in 2015. Assanah was arraigned before Justice Brassington...

Beware of online ‘Romance Scams’ – FIU warns

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Guyana says it has noted the existence of persons within Guyana who are actively involved with international partners...

CANU intercepts 80KG of ganja valued at $10M at Line Path

Yesterday, about 17:30hrs, a team of officers attached to the Customs Anti-narcotic Unit (CANU) proceeded to an area called Goat Dam in the village...

Guyana gets 170 of 500 potable beds from CDEMA for flood shelters

The first of three shipments of 500 Cots donated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), to support flood relief efforts in Guyana,...

Gov’t must pull out all stops to keep GWI employees; help them the same...

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is moving to dismiss some 157 workers this year. The company has already served termination letters to 76 of...

COVID-19: 14.8% of adult population fully immunised; Regions Eight, 10 continue to lag

As of yesterday, some 205,944 persons received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This represents 42.3% of the adult population. Meanwhile, the number...

Heavy rain anticipated to end in mid-July/August – Hydromet Office

The Guyana Hydrometeorological Service says the current heavy, persistent rain may not end until mid-July/August. In an interview on Wednesday with the National Communications Network,...

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