Guyana News

Residents of Moraikobai, Region 5 can look forward to improved water supply system in the near future, a release from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) said yesterday.

First Lady Arya Ali on Friday toured Guyana Shore Base Inc.’s

The General Manager of Mike’s Pharmacy, Lakeram Singh says the business continues to suffer lost sales due to the garbage left by vendors.

A Corentyne man was yesterday arrested after his son, a minor, found a gun which the father had allegedly hidden in his garden.

One person has been hospitalized and several others were injured following an accident at Moblissa along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on Saturday morning when two cars collided before careening off the highway.

As part of its Cancer Awareness Month activities, Digicel Guyana has donated $1m to the Cancer Institute of Guyana to help in the fight against the disease.

A Mabaruma miner is in hospital after he was chopped and stabbed about his body while on his way to work at 14 Miles, Arakaka, North West District.

Technical Officers attached to the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training paid a courtesy call on Region Five’s newly elected Regional Chairman,  Vickchand Ramphal and Regional Executive Officer (REO),  Geneveive Blackman to discuss training opportunities.

Panama-based carrier Copa Airlines has resumed service to Guyana following a seven-month hiatus over the Coronavirus pandemic.

A UN/EU project to combat domestic violence was launched last evening on NCN Channel 11 and Minister of  Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud said that an emergency number will be set up for the reporting of the crime.

The contract for the construction of the Ministry of Health’s Brickdam, Georgetown head office has been terminated by the government, which has cited several breaches in its agreement with the contractor, Chung’s Global Enterprise, as being among the reasons for the decision.

By a majority vote, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has selected Dominican Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphan for its legal representation in the elections petitions filed by the opposition APNU+AFC.

Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) yesterday inaugurated its new service between the Eugene F.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday announced that public schools will be reopening their doors from November 9th to hold classes for students of grades 10, 11 and 12 and she assured that COVID-19 best practices would be in place to ensure the safety of both teachers and their charges.

The US State Department has given approval for a foreign military sale of four Bell helicopters and equipment to Guyana following negotiations which began last year under the then David Granger-led administration.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the deaths of two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19, taking the country’s death toll to 126.

Though he acknowledged that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has a lot of work to do, opposition-nominated commissioner Vincent Alexander is sure it can be ready to hold local government elections (LGE) between November and December of 2021.

While the effects of COVID-19 have hampered expansion plans for the over $1 billion Santa Fe mega farm in Region Nine, including a venture into Agri-Tourism, the company is currently focusing on food production and growing its cattle herd as it awaits changes that will come in light of the pandemic.

After more than two decades in existence and an increased emphasis on the local market, timber products manufacturer Bulkan Timber Works (BTW) yesterday opened the doors to its new showroom in Georgetown.

At the time of his death nearly three weeks ago, Jumal Park, 16, was an unlikely breadwinner for his family, which he had been supporting with his earnings from his work at a city wash bay.