Guyana News

Guyana-born scientist, Vidia Surendra Roopchand, who is a Principal Research Scientist at US COVID vaccine manufacturer, Pfizer will speak virtually to his alma mater, the University of Guyana, where he got his foundational degree in Chemistry in 1990.

A 33-year-old East La Penitence vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with being one of the three men who carried out an armed attack on a man along Regent Street.

A Peters Hall man was yesterday  granted bail after being arraigned on two counts of armed robbery.

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

Four persons were today charged with the murder of Keon McPherson, who was found dead in a ‘C’ Field, Sophia yard with gunshot wounds about his body a week ago.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday spearheaded the distribution of the Government’s flood relief cash grants at several locations in East Berbice–Corentyne (Region Six) to the tune of around $1b, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

A Swan Village labourer was on Saturday night fatally stabbed following an argument at a shop where he was drinking with friends and family.

Fuel starvation is suspected to be the main contributor to last Saturday’s crash-landing of Roraima Airways’ Britten-Norman Trislander at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, preliminary investigations by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have found, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said. 

Cedric Hopkinson, the man who was killed three Thursdays ago by fleeing bandits following a robbery at a Superbet outlet at Orange Walk and Bourda was said to be a popular artisan who crafted leather and jewellery and plied his trade outside of the Shamdas Kirpalani Store on Regent Street.

Digital records and smaller wallet-sized plastic vaccination cards should be rolled out by the end of the year,  Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony says.

Residents living in the Upper Pomeroon River, particularly in villages such as St Monica, Karawab, Akawini, Siriki, Abrams Creek, and Jacklow will receive a better Digicel signal now that the company has commissioned a state-of-the-art, mobile service at Kabakaburi Mission.

Already allocated for children in Guyana, this country’s allotment of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines donated under the United States 5.5 million shots to CARICOM will be arriving this week, sources have disclosed.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of August 21, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified male of East Indian descent who was yesterday morning discovered lying motionless along  New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

Two Region Four Alliance for Change (AFC) Councillors are positioning themselves to table a motion of no confidence against the APNU Chairman, Daniel Seeram.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) says  it has recorded a 19.9% decrease in serious crimes as of August 9, this year and up to that point there were 78 murders.

There will be a continuing global demand for oil at least for the next 20 years and exploration in the Guyana-Suriname and other developing basins will be essential to meeting the supply gap this demand is likely to create.

Bids were on August 17 opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of core houses at the Sophia housing area.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday conducted Exercise ‘Get Ready’ on Robb Street, Georgetown.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist is currently hospitalized at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) following a collision on Saturday night with a car along the Tuschen Public Road.