One more COVID death, 14 new cases
The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that another person who was infected with COVID-19 has died.
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that another person who was infected with COVID-19 has died.
Local companies, Denmor Garments Manufacturers Inc and Caribbean Clothing Company Ltd have secured contracts to manufacture two thousand coveralls for workers in Singapore who are constructing what will be the third oil production platform here.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday criticized joint naval exercises by the United States and Guyana, with which it has a territorial controversy.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has said that over 2,800 households were affected by flooding since the start of the year, with those in Region Two being most severely affected.
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) on Thursday presented hampers to residents of the flood-affected Charity Squatting Area.
Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) General Secretary Coretta McDonald is in support of students and teachers being tested for COVID-19 for their return to schools, which she says should be standard for all students back at schools.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd today met with Moses Chavez, Chargé d’ Affaires, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to register the strong objection of the Government of Guyana over the issuing of a decree by Caracas purporting to assert sovereignty over the maritime area adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo coast.
The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
Citing the need to step up the fight against climate change, anti-corruption group Global Witness today withdrew an explosive report it had issued on Guyana last year which said that ExxonMobil’s exploitative deal had cost the country as much as US$55b.
A West Bank Demerara mother is mourning the death of a second son in two months and has lamented the paucity of facilities for drug addicts.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has thrown its support behind the proposed Wales gas to shore project as the organisation believes that the benefits to this country will far outweigh any counter arguments.
The United States yesterday declared support for the World Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to hear Guyana’s case for a juridical settlement of the long-running border controversy with Venezuela.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
A forty-seven-year-old taxi driver died yesterday morning when he drove into a parked lorry along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
For breaching regulations, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday issued warning letters and ordered a number of business entities closed as part of its promised stepped up enforcement.
The Director of the United States-based charitable organization Chosen 300 fears he may have a prolonged stay here in Guyana after testing positive for COVID-19 although he has explained to the authorities that he had tested positive last year and was treated.
The Ministry of Public Works will today be discussing penalties against contractor BK Inter-national after it was yesterday discovered that only 15% of sea defence work at Plantation Andrews in Region Two has been completed even though 70% of the $124M contract was paid out.
The Matthews Ridge Airstrip and associated taxiway have been reopened to normal air transport operations into the region following remedial emergency repairs carried out by the Ministry of Public Works on Saturday January 9, 2021.
Residents of Block “V” Herstelling, East Bank Demerara are once again calling on the authorities to intervene and provide proper roadways for the community.
A local oil and gas association that had been founded in a blaze of publicity in October 2016 is no longer functioning.
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