Mariah Lall

The Ministry of Public Health has launched an investigation into the death of woman at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on Tuesday, following a suspected miscarriage the previous week.

Residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District on Tuesday protested in front of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) over the state of their roads but relief may soon be on the way  as the government has given the green light for $58.8m in road contracts for the region.

While there have been no reported cases of pregnant women with the Zika virus, the Ministry of Public Health has decided to classify those who display Zika-like symptoms as being high-risk pregnancies, ensuring that they will be monitored more closely.

Teachers and students of the Brickdam Secondary School no longer face imminent relocation or reassignment to other schools but will occupy the current building for the remainder of the school term.

Chaos broke out yesterday afternoon at the St Stanislaus College as irate parents of students of the Brickdam Secondary School objected to the Ministry of Education’s decision to shut down the institution and relocate the students and teachers to different schools around the city.

The challenges, though many, have not stopped the young minds behind Intellect Storm (IS), a local IT solutions company, from trying to change how Guyanese access country-specific information with the launch of their mobile software application Directory.gy.

Local actress and radio personality Nuriyyih Gerrard was on Friday night crowned Miss Guyana World 2016 as the local leg of the annual pageant concluded with a simple coronation ceremony at Parc Rayne.

The return home for the golden jubilee independence celebrations has so far been testing for some Guyanese travellers, who are angry at the LIAT airline for what they describe as an unreasonably long delay in the arrival of their luggage.

Photos by Keno George Gafoors yesterday began redeploying hundreds of workers who were affected by the fire that devastated the company’s Houston Complex on Monday, leaving billions of damage in its wake.

Look, a photographer! This group was travelling along the Kamuni Creek.

Like the limbs on his body, art is an extension of his being, local artist Travell Blackman said recently in a sit down with The Scene.

NGO, Red Thread yesterday maintained its protest for Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence to be removed over her attempts to shield an APNU+AFC candidate who was accused of child molestation and another counter-picket was held by her supporters.

This week residents of Rupununi were asked about the issues affecting them the most.

Residents of the Rupununi in Region Nine continue to pray for rain as wells and other sources of water continue to disappear during what some have described as being the second worse drought to hit the region.

By Mariah Lall in Lethem Photos by Keno George   The stands of the Triple ‘R’ Rodeo Arena came alive over the Easter weekend as hundreds of local and international patrons journeyed to the Region 9 to be part of the annual Rupununi Ranchers’ Rodeo.

Better roads and adequate water and power supplies are among the promises being made to residents of the Mabaruma Sub-region, in Region One (Barima-Waini), who will today vote to elect the new municipality’s first town council.

This Region Ten trio, comfortably seated on some dead branches alongside a road in Rockstone, seemed bashful when they saw the camera.

Head of Project Coordination at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Fitzroy Corlette said yesterday that there is to be a restriction and not a ban on the importation of used tyres.

The Splashmins Resort is now seeking investors as the company undergoes rebranding that it hopes to complete by the end of this year.

These Rockstone, Region 10 children have turned old plastic fuel cans into grass ‘sleds’ which they push around and have fun.