Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali  last week announced the re-introduction of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative.

A meeting of groups representing indigenous persons earlier this month called on the new PPP/C government to honour its promise that revision of the Amerindian Act of 2006 is a priority.

Distribution of the $25,000 per household COVID-19 stimulus grant is currently underway on the East Bank of Demerara  and former President David Granger yesterday collected for his household.

Government is set to embark on a programme to help to promote the use of arbitration in commercial disputes with Guyana positioning itself as an arbitration hub. 

A twenty-nine-year-old man was chopped in the face and the perpetrator arrested following an altercation between the two on Christmas night at Marihaba, Moruca, North West District.

A West Bank Demerara woman’s car was stolen and found yesterday following her choosing to be a Good Samaritan by providing a lift for a known man.

The Police say they are investigating a minor accident which occurred on Christmas Day at about 5 pm on the Den Amstel Public Road involving an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) # CJ3400 owned by the Guyana Police Force and driven by Police Constable 24167 Lyle of Den Amstel Police Station and pedestrian Shawn Peters, age 45 years of Back Street, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.  Enquiries revealed that ATV # CJ 3400 was proceeding north along the western side of the Den Amstel Public Road W.C.D,

On Wednesday, several homes along the Turkeyen Railway Embankment were powered for the first time by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) . 

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).