Eight uniformed guards from the Presidential Guard Unit were recently tested positive for the Coronavirus and have been in quarantine, according to the Guyana Police Force. These are not new cases and are included in the total number of cases in Guyana. In a brief statement, the Police Force explained that random tests were done…
An M4 rifle, a Tech 9 pistol and ammunition magazine as well as a quantity of marijuana were among several items seized by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officers destined for Guyana earlier this month. According to the CPB, last week, officers assigned to the Outbound Enforcement Team at Miami intercepted the
Police have arrested a 51-year-old driver/salesman of John Street, Georgetown after a parcel of 284 grams of suspected cannabis was found in his vehicle. The vehicle was intercepted Tuesday about 08:00hrs at Perth Village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Meanwhile, Police Headquarters also reported that two unemployed men, one of Victoria, East Coast Demerara and the…
(DPI) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Tuesday afternoon received a donation of several items from the government of the United States of America and the US military. The donation, which consisted of sanitisation, personal care and hygiene items as well as baby supplies, totalled approximately $3 Million (US$15,000). During the simple handing over ceremony,…
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has launched a probe into a Facebook video posted over the weekend that is laced with racially insensitive remarks towards another ethnicity. The commission said that it is particularly concerned that the post can contribute to unnecessary tension rising in the society. The ERC Investigations Unit is also looking into
An agent of the Coalition APNU+AFC on Tuesday evidently claimed 18 persons who voted for the said Coalition were out of the country, drawing ridicule and buying into claims that the Coalition has been wildly calling out multiple serial numbers from the Voter’s List to claim persons ticked off as having voted were either out…
The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), has announced the start of a probe into a video that was posted on Facebook with a woman making racially insensitive remarks towards another ethnicity. The Commission in a statement this morning said it is particularly concerned that the post can contribute to unnecessary tension rising in the society. In…
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS)-Regional telecommunications giant Digicel has filed for bankruptcy before the Bermuda courts, but it insists that its day-to-day operations will not be affected by the filing. The bankruptcy filing involves the appointment of three provisional liquidators from KPMG, the global services company. Coming days after the company implemented a group-wide salary reduction, the move
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be adding two more recount stations at the Arthur Chung Conference Center on Tuesday, Chairman of the Commission Justice (rt’d) Claudette Singh informed observers Monday. In the email sent to the observers and seen by the News Room, the Chairman said, “these workstations would become operable from the morning…
With 49 of the 64 active coronavirus cases in Guyana housed at the Diamond Hospital, the medical institution has found itself shouldering the bulk of positive cases in the country. But over the past week, some patients have complained in letters to the press about the food they are served and other circumstances they have…
