Guyana News

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development today issued an invitation for bids for the restoration of City Hall.

With a rigid two-year construction completion date among the over 250 technical and financial questions raised by pre-qualified bidders for the New Demerara River Bridge (NDRB) project, the Ministry of Public Works will tomorrow morning host a pre-bid meeting to iron out the issues, ahead of the August 3 deadline for bid submissions.

As they count their losses from the “worst flooding” in their lifetime, Abary River rice and cattle farmers on Saturday renewed their calls for government to fulfill its promise to desilt and clear overgrown vegetation in the river to improve drainage.

Three men are now dead after a boat used to transport fuel burst into flames while they were doing maintenance work at the Friendship Wharf, on the East Bank of Demerara, yesterday afternoon.

With the impact assessment for the US$900 million Wales gas-to-shore project imminent, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday invited public submissions on the scope of the study for the project, which is intended to begin operations in 2024.

The opposition APNU+AFC coalition has criticised the government’s decision to refuse a flood relief consignment from Trinidad and Tobago and to request pumps in its stead.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday reported the deaths of three more men who were infected with COVID-19.

A 56-year-old Met-en-Meerzorg, West Coast Demerara woman is now dead after she was struck down by a truck while crossing the De Kindren Public Road on Friday afternoon.

Kevin Phillips, the owner of the vulcanizing shop at the corner of D’Urban and George streets, Werk-en-Rust, has identified the men who started the fire that gutted his home and business in the wee hours of last Thursday The fire, which also destroyed another house and damaged the western side of Elegance Jewellery and Pawn Shop, was started around 1 am by two men, who were recorded by nearby security cameras.

Sections of Washclothes, Mahaicony, will be empoldered as flood waters remain stagnant in some areas.

The Guyana Learning Channel on Friday officially its new ‘Whiz Kids’ game show, which is currently aimed at helping Grade Six students prepare for their upcoming national assessment.

A shop owner was shot yesterday after a scuffle between two men at his Mango Landing, Cuyuni, Essequibo River business ended in gunplay.

An-18-year-old man was chopped to his head on Friday after an argument with a drinking partner.

Marics and Company Limited on Friday donated $1 million to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to aid its flood relief programme.

Aircraft landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) in poor visibility conditions will soon be guided in more safely when the recently installed $200 million Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the facility comes on stream.

Twenty-two young technicians were on Thursday issued their retrofitter licences after completing a six-week training exercise at the Government Technical Institute (GTI).

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Friday handed over a $35 million subvention to 14 Region Three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) to improve their services.

The Ministry of Health is seeking bids for the rehabilitation and conversion of what used to be the Ocean View Convention Centre into a quarantine and treatment facility.

With the current “ZZ” series coming to an end, the Guyana Revenue Authority’s License Revenue Office (GRA) will soon begin registration of motor vehicles in the “PAB” series.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 25, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.