The number of COVID-19 cases in St. Cuthbert’s Mission has risen to 239, but those affected are suffering only mild symptoms of the disease, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony said Monday. He added that with more testing being done, it is expected that the number of positive cases will increase. “A lot of them are asymptomatic, they have no ...

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health on Monday seized 483 pounds of undocumented and expired packaged duck meat from a city business. While the shipper’s name has not been revealed, the items were imported from the USA. Dr. Ozaye Dodson, the Ministry’s Director of Veterinary and Public Health, said the GLDA notified his department of ...

A nine-year old disabled boy on Monday afternoon drowned in a nearby canal, after leaving home unknowing to his father and sister, police said. His name was not released by police, but he lived at 94 Saywack Street, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara and he attended Virginia Primary School. Police said that the incident occurred between 3 PM and 4 ...

The Australia-headquartered Alicanto Minerals has discovered at least 500,000 ounces of gold in Arakaka, North-West District. The company says the estimate is based on a review of data it collected and by previous owners,  Barrick Gold and Nordgold. Managing Director of Alicanto Minerals, Peter George says the strong maiden resource is the start of what would likely be a rapidly ...

The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams has been told not to report for duty although his vacation leave is finished. He was due to return to work on Monday after he had been told in August to proceed on 126 days leave. Dr. Adams told News-Talk Radio 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that ...

A 16-year old girl, who was drinking rum with her mother and a man, has been found dead, police said. The teenager was living at Return, Baramita Village, North West District. The incident occurred between 14th and 15th November at Coanna Backdam, Five Star, North West. Investigators were informed that about midday Saturday, the girl and her mother went to ...

Guyana’s opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Monday presented a motion to the National Assembly, calling on police to fast-track its probe into the early September “hate” killing of three youths in West Coast Berbice. “We are here in our representative capacity to symbolically present a motion to the Parliament of which we are a part ...

A canecutter has been arrested in connection with the late Friday night stabbing death of his wife during an argument over claims that she had another relationship. Police indicated that the man became enraged after the woman, 28-year old Amrita “Sally” Rahim, threatened to move out. “The suspect was heard accusing the victim of infidelity the day before. In response ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been unable to recover the scanner image of a shipping container that was suspected to have been laden with 11.5 tons of cocaine, the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh said Friday night. “Image can’t be recovered,” he said, adding that efforts by personnel other than those from China and Guyana ...

Five persons have been arrested in an ongoing human trafficking dragnet that captured 26 Haitian nationals, government said. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in a statement Friday, said police conducted two separate operations in Georgetown and Linden. A search of a city hotel by police found a number of Haitians and a stop and search on the Mabura trail region ...