Guyana News

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday engaged the parents of CAPE and CSEC-level students from regions 1, 8, 9 and 10 on its plans to prepare for the sitting of exams next year.

With many schools still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education is continuing to distribute print packages to students to ensure continued learning.

Three firefighters who were accused of stealing items from the site where a Fly Jamaica plane crash landed at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, almost two years ago, have been freed of the charge after a court upheld no-case submissions made by their attorneys earlier this week.

Canada has announced that its envoy here, Lilian Chatterjee, has been appointed as the new High Commissioner for Barbados.

A lone gunman yesterday robbed a Skeldon money changer and a vendor of a total of $525,000 in cash at the Skeldon Market. 

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday warned all vendors that with effect from Monday, November 2nd, 2020, it will not allow unauthorised vending in and around Georgetown.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is continuing to provide temporary shelter for squatters from Success at the Graham’s Hall Primary School.

Chinese engineering company Sinohydro, which is contracted to execute upgrading works along Sheriff Street and Mandela Avenue, has moved ahead with the trial application of asphalt between the Rupert Craig Highway and David Street, Kitty.

The Government of Guyana today terminated the employment of  Colvin Health-London with immediate effect.

The city council today warned all vendors that with effect from Monday November 2, 2020, there will be no unauthorized vending in and around the City of Georgetown.

The Guyana Government today implemented changes in the COVID-19 emergency measures from November 1st which will see gyms being able to open up to 50% capacity after being locked down for months and the curfew being further eased.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today said that as of October 30, 2020, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Canada today announced that its envoy here, Lilian Chatterjee has been appointed as the new High Commissioner for Barbados.

Two days before the March 2nd polls, the David Granger-led Cabinet approved the agreement for the sale of land at Ogle earmarked for an ambitious Caribbean Marketing Enterprises Inc.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday it could cut its global workforce by about 15%, including deep white-collar staff reductions in the United States, as the COVID-19 pandemic batters energy demand and prices.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the rehabilitation of Hunter Street in Georgetown which it is estimated will cost over $102 million.

Controversial flaring from the Liza-1 oil well will likely continue until the end of this year as Hess – one of the partners in the offshore operations –  announced that Guyana’s maximum 120,000 barrels per day production output will not be achieved until December.

Sunita Persaud, the woman who was seriously injured after she was pinned by a tree that fell onto the shed she was under in the Success squatting area one week ago, remains hospitalised in an unconscious state.

Twenty-four new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday with 77 recoveries listed while the death toll remains at 123.

The capacity of the Diamond Water Treatment Plant on the East Bank of Demerara is expected to rise within the next month as a result of the drilling of an additional well at the facility.