Guyana News

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud has assured Region Ten residents that her ministry is constantly working to improve the services being offered.

Twenty-three-year-old Budraj Ramlall aka Devin of Adventure, Region Two has surrendered to police after he was involved in an accident at Adventure Truck Line Dam.

A woman was on Monday remanded to prison after being charged with stealing a child.

Thirty-eight Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are now poised to effectively handle small arms and platoon weapons.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 23, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

As part of President Joe Biden’s promise to help the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy today announced a delivery of 146,250 Pfizer vaccine doses to Guyana on August 24. 

Schools will reopen on September 6 for face-to-face teaching, the Ministry of Education reiterated  yesterday as it urged parents to allow their children to be vaccinated with the Pfizer shots that are due to arrive in the country today and warned teachers to be inoculated or provide a weekly negative PCR test.

Conservation International Guyana (CI-G) has withdrawn from a US$10 million partnership agreement with ExxonMobil that was aimed at the advancement of a sustainable economy through investments in education, research, sustainable management and preservation of the country’s ecosystem.

Anthony Jones, 41, called ‘Pastry Man,’ was yesterday morning handed a life sentence for the 2018 killing of 20-year-old Nyron Vyphuis, who was stabbed in the heart after intervening in an argument Jones was having with his (Jones’) wife, to prevent him from hitting the woman.

Rifs Lima Fish Port Complex is currently investing over $100 million in the construction of a wharf, a dry dock area and a processing plant at Charity, in Region Two.

An Alliance for Change (AFC)-sponsored motion of no-confidence against Region Four Chairman Daniel Seeram is actively being discussed by the party’s executive, according to General Secretary David Patterson.

Guyana yesterday received a shipment of 5,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V component two vaccine which arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri at 12:00pm, the Ministry of Health said.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of August 22, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has defended its decision to use the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) standards, protocols, guidelines and recommended practices as its benchmark implementations for the oil and gas sector here saying they offer numerous benefits.

Following complaints from defence attorney Glenn Hanoman of vital missing notes of evidence in the appeal filed by Michael Abrams to his conviction for raping and sodomizing a young girl, the Guyana Court of Appeal has ordered the prosecution to make efforts at retrieving the apparent missing pieces.

A 27-year-old man is wanted by the police in connection with the murder of Rosignol, Berbice resident, Feroze Khan last week.

Over 200 residents in Bartica, Region Seven benefitted from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s spectacles distribution exercise yesterday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

As part of India’s 75th Independence Anniversary celebrations, the High Commission of India organised an Indian Cultural Evening on 15th August 2021 at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Bel Air.

The Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI), located at Anna Regina, in Region Two, is positioned for transformation in the coming months with the appointments of a new Principal and Chairman of the Board.

A Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice, teenager remains hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was attacked by another teenager, who remains in police custody for questioning over the incident.