Guyana News

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess and Senior Officers including Inspector General Colonel Kenlloyd Roberts and Commandant of the Guyana People’s Militia, Colonel Trevor Bowman, participated in the traditional Christmas morning breakfast with troops on essential duties at Base Camps Ayanganna, Stephenson and Seweyo.

The Iwokrama International Centre on Thursday  handed over equipment to add some support to  the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Corp of Wardens team, mainly for their monitoring exercises.

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The police are investigating the shooting death of Shawn Robinson, 28, of Guyhoc Park Squatting Area.

The police say they are investigating the murders of Tara Krishnaran, 34, a sales girl and her 11-year-old daughter, both of Princes Street, Lodge which occurred between 8 pm on December 25, 2020 and 9 pm yesterday at the said address allegedly by a known suspect who is currently being sought.

The police say they are investigating the death of Dhanpaul Ramdai, 53, a cane harvester of Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo which occurred yesterday at around 9 pm.

Among those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 this year is Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, whose older sister, Patricia Cummings, succumbed while in hospital.

Under the former government, the Ministry of Education made full payments on a contract to a Trinidadian firm for design and supervision services for the construction of a new St.

Being part of the team tasked with developing a COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech was no easy feat for Guyanese-born scientist Vidia Roopchand, who faced numerous stressors, including the loss of his mother as he was in the midst of his work, but did not lose hope.

One week after announcing that it has the jurisdiction to determine the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award on the frontier between Guyana and Venezuela, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has set January 15, 2021 as the date for the Case Management Conference.

After over a dozen cycles of chemotherapy, the condition of cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe, 15, is still deteriorating but her mother is refusing to give up hope.

A 54-year old New York-based Guyanese woman was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Christmas Eve night after the driver of an SUV crashed into the Uber taxi in which she was travelling at Rockaway Boulevard, New York (NY).

By Stanley Greaves At National Music Festivals of the 1950s, the names that stood out in the Piano class were Ray Luck and Hugh Sam (also a composer) from Georgetown, along with Moses Telford and Joyce Laljee from New Amsterdam.

The move to a more spacious and comfortable community took almost four years for some former residents of Lombard and Broad streets, Charlestown, who say they are grateful to have finally settled into their own space.

On every December 18th in the preceding four years, Tooney Peneux’s family, particularly his parents, looked forward to him returning home to spend Christmas.

A 21-year-old police constable is currently hospitalised after he was reportedly shot and robbed while attending a party early yesterday morning in Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

The appeal by John Blanchard, who killed his three children, to have his prison term reduced was dismissed last Monday.

Persons travelling to Region Eight will soon be able to use the nearly fully reconstructed Tiger Creek Bridge, some two months after it collapsed.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Thursday reported that almost 1,800 households in Guyana have been affected by flooding that occurred in the past week.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday pledged to implement more programmes and initiatives to ensure elderly people have more access to medical and social welfare services.