Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 16:43 by Denis Chabrol The coronavirus has spread to many villages in West Demerara-Essequibo Islands and Demerara-Mahaica, as Guyana continues to record increased positive cases, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said Tuesday. Authorities say Region four (Demerara-Mahaica) continues to be the epicenter of covid-19 with the highest numbers recorded according to the ministry’s ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 16:17 by Denis Chabrol The High Court on Tuesday ruled that two People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Parliamentary Secretaries are illegally sitting in the National Assembly as non-voting parliamentarians because they were elected candidates for a political party. “I have concluded that the third and fourth respondents are not lawful members of the National ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 April 2021, 21:40 by Denis Chabrol Four men Saturday night opened fire as they invaded a bar on Lime Street, Georgetown and robbed the owner and a customer of cash and valuables amounting to GYD$680,000. Police say the men, who arrived on motorcycles at about 9 PM, robbed Cornbread Hangout and Bar. The 26-year old ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 9:31 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has asked the President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge for a meeting to discuss a timetable to fix malfunctioning equipment aboard the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel , Liza Destiny. In a letter dispatched to Mr. Routledge, the Guyanese Opposition Leader wants the American ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 April 2021, 21:01 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has scotched rumours that the curfew has been extended to 6 AM to 6 PM. The COVID National Task Force says based on the April 1 to 30 gazetted order, the curfew remains from 10:30 PM to 4 AM. The Task Force says all emergency measures ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 April 2021, 12:48 by Denis Chabrol The owner of Mattai Supermarket was Saturday stabbed by bandits as he fended them off in their attempt to rob him as he arrived at his Bel Air Park, Georgetown home, police said. The entire ordeal was captured on surveillance camera. Mr. Harry Mattai was treated and sent away. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 April 2021, 10:59 by Denis Chabrol A 29-year old man was early this morning robbed of GYD$1.5 million worth jewwllery at a barbecue and shot as he was chasing the robber, police said. Injured in the incident that occurredat about 2:15 AM at Alness Village, Corentyne is Dyameond “Tookman” McKenzie  of Brighton Village,  Corentyne,  Berbice. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 April 2021, 16:27 by Denis Chabrol A car was Friday night burnt at the Green Field Access Road also known as Stadium Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara. The number of the Toyota Spacio vehicle has been given as PWW 5408. Police say firefighters extinguished the blaze which occurred at about 9:15 PM. No one was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 April 2021, 16:23 by Denis Chabrol The partly decomposed body of a man early Saturday morning washed up on the Cornelia Ida foreshore, West Coast Demerara, police said. Police say the man is of mixed race and he was believed to be about 45 years old. The body was seen at about 6:30 AM. Police ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 April 2021, 16:20 by Denis Chabrol A Nurse Assistant is on GYD$180,000 bail after she was arraigned on four charges related to a Ponzi Scheme that she had started up and had promised huge returns on investments. Keziah Roberts of Eping and Ituni Streets, Bel Air Park, Georgetown was charged indictably on three counts of ...