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Guyana continues to record more COVID-19 deaths, even as the crackdown continues against persons violating the law aimed at curbing the spread of the viral disease. The Health Ministry says a 41-year old woman from East Berbice-Corentyne is the 253rd person to have died from the disease so far. She reported died while receiving care at a government medical facility. ...

A 21-month old child was left in a drain by his mother and it was later recovered and taken to the Leonora Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, police said. “Enquiries disclosed that the now deceased child was left in a drain by his teenaged mother who claimed that he was hungry so she went in search of something for ...

A  Guyanese woman, who lives in Queens, New York, has been accused of swindling the bank she worked at of US$1.7 million, according to the United States Department of Justice. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of ...

Passengers, bound for Suriname with the ferry, would not be allowed to board the vessel unless they have a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test result taken within 72 hours of their scheduled departure, Guyana’s Health Ministry said. Further, Guyanese authorities said even if passengers are COVID negative and vaccinated, they must be quarantined on arrival in that neighbouring country ...

Prime  Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on Saturday said Guyana has promised to dispatch a ship-load of emergency relief supplies in the wake of the explosive eruption of the La Soufriere volcano Friday. “The President of Guyana has been in touch with me quite often. They (are) loading a ship to send a lot of ...

  The suspect in the shooting death of Ricardo Fagundes, also known as Paper Shorts, has been released on station bail, police said. Rondell Bacchus, also known as Killa, was this afternoon released on GYD$100,000 bail. His lawyer, Damien Da Silva, says Mr Bacchus is required to report to police next week Monday. But Police say he will be required  ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday said his A Partnership for National Unity (APNU+AFC) coalition would support national initiatives to bring relief to volcano-affected residents of St Vincent and even take in some evacuees if necessary. “We urge, that if it becomes necessary, the PPP regime puts suitable measures in place to accommodate Vincentians in Guyana who need to be ...

St Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufriere volcano erupted Friday morning, less than 24 hours after authorities declared an emergency and ordered about 20,000 residents to evacuate. News has been sketchy from all reputable information sources, but the state-run National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) said  on Twitter that “Explosive eruption at La Soufriere” and called on residents and other persons ...

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. The BBC quotes a  statement from Buckingham Palace as saying: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the Guyana government was on standby to provide relief to St. Vincent where residents in the northeastern part of the island were ordered to evacuate because a the La Soufriere volcano could explode at any time. The Guyanese leader said he and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves spoke earlier ...