Guyana News

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said contracts worth a total of almost $12 billion,  including some $2.1 billion of which was single-sourced, were awarded between September and December last year but the names of the awardees are still to be released, for which it claims the procurement board is responsible.

Hours after a stillbirth delivery, a 31-year-old Corentyne mother of three succumbed in the wee hours of yesterday morning, plunging her family into grief and prompting claims of negligence against staff of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

A 20-month-old infant was crushed to death by a truck driven by his father at their home at Mahaica, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Land Tenure Assessments (LTAs) conducted by the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) over the last nine years have revealed that there is widespread land insecurity among Indigenous communities in Guyana.  

While finally confirming approval for Qatar Petroleum taking a stake in Total’s holdings in the offshore Orinduik and Kanuku blocks, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Friday said that a total of 14 international companies now have working interests in this country’s eight offshore oil blocks.

Fifteen-year-old Aditya Mohabir is expected to be able to live a normal life again after a successful kidney transplant, which was made possible when his mother volunteered to be his donor.

In terminating the $413 million contract for the rehabilitation of the Leguan Ferry Stelling, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has informed contractor S.

The Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has called on the Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex Rudolph Small to immediately resign over disparaging statements he reportedly made about the facility’s nurses.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn on Friday reported that there was a 6.9% decrease in serious crime last.

Federal police in neighbouring Brazil have arrested 26 Haitians and a Cuban who entered illegally crossed the border from Guyana.

After managing to elude law enforcers for almost five months, James Moore, the robbery convict who had escaped from the Lusignan Prison, was recaptured by the police yesterday morning.

The Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara man who is accused of fatally stabbing his neighbor over a pack of cigarettes has surrendered to the police.

The police in Region Three are investigating the alleged rape of a female minor and the suspect has already been arrested.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday launched a Child Advocacy Centre in Springlands, Upper Corentyne and Whim Village, Corentyne with Minister Vindhya Persaud stating that such initiatives are important to create a space for young children where they can visit and access help.

The government has moved to extend the implementation of the national COVID-19 emergency measures for another month even as the number of positive cases of the virus in Guyana continues to increase daily.

The Ministry of Health’s ongoing Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign across Guyana to eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis has been extended to East Berbice-Corentyne, Region Six.

The Ministry of Health says it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday.

Earlier this morning the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said it conducted a cordon and search on several houses in the following areas: 1.

Stating that a dark cloud was hovering over cricket in Guyana, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport today said that it will name a new date for elections to the Guyana Cricket Board following the aborting of yesterday’s proceedings.

Admitting that it blundered on critical aspects of the petroleum sector, the opposition yesterday offered support to the government for a united stand in dealing with ExxonMobil to correct deficiencies and it also launched a scorching attack on plans for a gas to shore project at Wales.