Guyana News

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has completed its review of the results for 80 per cent of the students who wrote the CXC and CAPE 2020.

Heavy rainfall has damaged the Matthews Ridge Airstrip, which has since been closed for remedial emergency repairs.

Mayor Ubraj Narine has stated that the ongoing works being carried out on the Waterloo Street and Carmichael Street avenues in Georgetown by the Ministry of Public Works is part of the council’s vision for the development of the city.

The Night Shelter, located in East La Penitence, last Friday marked two decades since it opened its doors to provide temporary refuge for the homeless.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lamaha Gardens Community Cooperative Society Limited (LGCCSL) for the development of the area.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today expressed condolences on the death of Abel Krammer, former Toshao of Kako Village and Vice-Chairman of the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, who died today.

President Irfaan Ali today condemned a decree issued by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 7th this year seeking to unilaterally fix land and maritime boundaries adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo coast.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is mourning the passing of one of its leaders, Majeed Hussain, who died this morning.

Dennis Francis Corlette, a prominent figure in Customs and Excise Department in the 1960s and 1970s, passed away at the age of 95 on December 30, 2020. 

Due to heavy rainfall, the Matthews Ridge Airstrip and associated taxiway was damaged and consequently will be closed for remedial emergency repairs from today, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) says.

In the wake of frequent breakdowns at the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate factory, GuySuCo has embarked on a major rehabilitation programme which aims to increase its efficiency and improve production in the first crop of this year.

An East Canje Berbice woman was yesterday charged with attempted murder after allegedly beating a six-year-old child with a piece of wood then abandoning her in a swampy area after she lost consciousness in early December last year.

Family members of Dulmattie Boodlall, the woman who was struck down at Nandy Park, on the East Bank of Demerara on Tuesday by a Guyana Police Force minibus, are calling for justice and transparency from the police.

The Ministry of Health has named the members of a broad-based National COVID-19 Vaccines Task Force in preparation for the arrival and roll out of the inoculation campaign against COVID-19 in Guyana.

Active COVID-19 cases in Region Ten have significantly decreased, dropping from over 150 to 11, and this is a result of a collaborative effort by residents and officials to curtail the spread of the virus, Regional Chairman Deron Adams has said.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that 41 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, bringing the total number of known cases in Guyana to 6,510.

A fire tore through a kitchen in the Fogarty’s building in Georgetown yesterday morning before it was quickly extinguished by firefighters.

Although a number of persons have been questioned, no arrest has yet been made as the police continue to investigate Wednesday’s shooting at the Coldingen, East Coast Demerara residence of alleged Ponzi scammer Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his family.

According to the United Nations Development Programme’s latest Human Development Index (HDI), Guyana made minimal progress in development in the year 2019.

Despite an order from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to refill a riverbank at Micobie, in Region Eight, which was excavated for gold mining activities, dredge operators have left the area without doing any of the work.