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The Guyana-Suriname Ferry service will resume operations this Sunday but only nationals of these two countries will be allowed to cross, the Public Works Ministry says. Suriname is already on record as expressing fears that Brazilians, whose country is a major coronavirus hotspot, will eventually enter that former Dutch colony. Guyana’s Ministry of Public Works last night said only holders ...

The father of one of the four escapees from the Mazaruni Prison has admitted that he gave support to his son and the three others when they turned up at his house early Tuesday morning, the Guyana Police Force said. The Guyana Police Force says Mr. Ralph Jones of Fourth Avenue, Bartica admitted to police that his son, Rayon Jones, ...

The Guyana government Wednesday night announced that the prices of gasoline and diesel were now expected to reduce as a result of a cut in the excise tax on fuels to cushion the impact of a spike in global oil prices to more than US$60 per barrel. In order to minimise the impact on domestic consumers, particularly the travelling public ...

Former Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams and ExxonMobil were Wednesday at odds over the legality of the flaring of gas due to  a malfunctioned gas compressor that has since been flown to Germany for repairs. Dr. Adams said government should have ordered ExxonMobil to shut down its operations until the gas compressor is fixed, ...

Guyana on Wednesday asked the United States (US) for assistance to locate a drifting boat believed to have as much as 10 decomposed bodies, after aerial and sea operations failed to spot the vessel that was first seen on Monday afternoon, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) said. “The Maritime Administration Department has published a Navigational Warning via the US National and  ...

The COVID death toll in Guyana has climbed to 189 with the death of a 69-year old woman from region four Demerara – Mahaica, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. She died while receiving care at the Infectious Disease Centre. The health ministry says 51 persons tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total recorded cases to 8,313. There are ...

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), has taken seven persons to court for allegedly exciting racial hostility. The ERC says five of them have pleaded guilty and have been fined. Three of them allegedly committed the offence in December, 2020 and four in January, 2021. John Gobin, Lashonna Chester, Stacy Smartt, Glynis Gibson and Tiffany Greene were all fined after they ...

Three men were Tuesday  granted bail after appearing in court for unlawful possession of weapons found in their possession by police. Police say they found two 9 MM pistols,  three magazines, thirty-two 9mm live rounds and fifty twelve gauge shotgun cartridges in a house at Port Mourant, Corentyne one week ago. The firearms and ammunition were lodged and the suspects ...

Search and recovery experts believed that a vessel, with a number of decomposed bodies, seen adrift in the Atlantic sea offshore Guyana might have drifted from as far as Africa and eventually sank overnight Monday in bad weather. Director Maritime Safety, Retired Coast Guard Commander John Flores said the vessel, which is fairly deep, might have accumulated sea water or ...

Four prisoners on Tuesday escaped from the Mazaruni Prison, the Guyana Police Force said. They have been identified as Imran Ramsaywack, Kenrick Lyte, Samuel Gouveia and Ryan Jones. Police appealed to the escapees to surrender and avoid a possible confrontation. “An appeal is being made to the escapees to surrender to the police or relevant authority, to avoid any serious ...