Guyana News

The University of Guyana (UG) and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which allows CXC members to collaborate on the further advancement of tertiary level education offered at the university.

The police are yet to arrest the suspect who struck down pedal cyclist Rajendra Singh along the La Bonne Intention Railway Embankment, on the East Coast of Demerara two weeks ago.

The Guyana Police Force has been instructed to discontinue using the Lyken/Newburg Funeral Home to store deceased under their jurisdiction after the Ministry of Health allegedly found that the company was not adhering to the required protocols.

A man who on Wednesday admitted to stealing two gas cylinders has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.

As part of its annual anniversary celebrations, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday presented more than $17M in cash and prizes to over three thousand of its members and others in recognition of their service over the year.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 14, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Members of the PNCR’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) today piled pressure on party leader, former President David Granger over the long-stalled Congress of the party and the admission of two parties which they deemed “shells” to A Partnership for National Unity.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MoNR) yesterday held a pre-bid meeting with prospective bidders to market this country’s oil and reported participation by over 20 companies from around the world.

Afibia Yankana and Akeem Haymer were yesterday afternoon both handed life sentences after admitting mid-trial that it was they who had fatally stabbed Rawle Rodrigues during a robbery back in 2017.

In an effort to maximise its performance, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday commissioned seven excavators.

Reiterating that the annual cash grant for public school students will rise incrementally from $19,000 to $50,000 in five years, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday launched the programme on the Essequibo Coast.

A passenger of one of the two boats which collided in the Mazaruni River claiming the lives of 10 persons back in 2013, said that the vessel he was in had been travelling extremely fast.

Fuel prices have increased following several months of reductions with current figures being similar to costs prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and several other government ministers yesterday turned the sod signifying the beginning of the construction of a new Abrams Zuil Secondary School in Region Two.

Ronald Ali was on Tuesday acquitted on a charge of raping a Linden woman back in 2019.

A Lamaha Park vendor was yesterday remanded by a City Magistrate after being charged with attempting to murder a woman by stabbing her with a pitch fork.

Government assistance to access financing for small and start-up businesses, along with the need for ease in doing business took focus yesterday when President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo held a closed-door meeting with Guyana’s Private Sector.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill on Tuesday commissioned the new and improved Washer Pond Road in Linden, Region 10.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which seeks to further develop the agri-tourism policy in Guyana.

It has been over two months now and the police say they are yet to receive legal advice as it relates to the accident involving the Vice Chairman of Region Six, Zamal Hussain which resulted in the death of a Number 19 Village, Corentyne man.