A 50-year-old gold miner, who is a Brazilian national, was robbed of a quantity of amalgam gold at around 09:00 hrs on Saturday at the Guana Sand Backdam, near the Cuyuni River in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni). According to police reports, the victim reported that he employed three men, who are Venezuelan nationals, to work…
Two women who were arrested after a quantity of marijuana and crystal met was found in the false bottom of lotion bottles have been charged for drug trafficking. The two appeared in Court today and were granted bail in the sum of $60,000 each. The bust took place at the Post Office. The Customs Anti…
JUST as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was starting to recover from years of neglect, fiscal deprivation and some amount of dismantling, the country has been hit with an unprecedented disaster in the form of the ongoing floods. As a result, the entity is now grappling with a loss of approximately $1.2 billion in sugarcane…
By Akeem Greene There is a clear flow of information between talented West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer and the team’s management, according to white-ball captain, Kieron Pollard. The skipper said he had conversations with the young Hetmyer about what they expect of him, and the Guyanese player has also aired his ambitions. At Friday’s pre-match…
The Rupununi region continues to experience a steep increase in new Coronavirus cases. In the past seven days, Region 9 recorded 283 new cases of the virus, taking its total number of active cases to more than 350. With the region sharing its border with Brazil which continues to experience high COVID-19 numbers and deaths,…
— President Ali emphasises is key to maintaining security across the country WITH Guyana firmly en route to prosperity, the government will be modernising and specialising its approach to fighting crimes and maintaining security across the country. This is according to President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, who emphasised the importance of having specialised regional crime-fighting units…
President Irfaan Ali on Friday rejected claims in the Trinidad press that Guyana has refused to accept flood relief items offered by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. During a telephone interview with the News Room Friday, Dr. Ali said the reports were inaccurate. “What Guyana communicated, the Foreign Minister [Hugh Todd] in a conversation…
A preliminary study by the Ministry of Health in Guyana has found that non-communicable diseases, diabetes, and hypertension were the leading contributing factors in persons who succumbed to COVID-19. Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today revealed that a study of 202 of the more than 455 deaths has found that more than 30% of the…
— through IDB’s US$7M Trade Financing Facility — Senior Finance Minister urges IDB to ramp up private sector lending in Guyana THE disbursal of a US$7 million line of credit to Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through their Trade Finance Facilitation Programme (TFFP) is timely as Guyana continues to grapple…
In an Immigration Revocation Order, signed by President Irfaan Ali and published in the Official Gazette on June 22, 2021, Haiti has been removed from the list of countries that enjoy visa-free travel to Guyana. Haiti was added to the list through an Order under the Immigration Act in January 2019 by former President, David…
