Guyana News

Saying that risks to child mental health and well-being due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are “considerable,” acting United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative Irfan Akhtar has highlighted the need for a full understanding of the extent to which children are affected to ensure their protection.

A Guyanese woman has drowned after a boating mishap near the south eastern coast of Saint Maarten just over a week ago.

A construction worker who was injured in an accident along the Friendship Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara, succumbed to his injuries last Sunday.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has assured that the Sherriff Street/Mandela Avenue road expansion project should be almost completed by the end of the year He gave the assurance to the Commit-tee of Supply during the consideration of the 2020 budget estimates last Wednesday.

The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made around $73 million available to Guyana in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A police constable, his fiancé and three minor children were injured on Friday after the car in which they were travelling reportedly suffered a blowout on Friday night along the Adventure Public Road, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Lawmen on Friday captured a West Coast Berbice murder suspect at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice. 

President Irfaan Ali and a team today visited Nandy Park on the East Bank which is the proposed site for the new bridge across the Demerara River.

Two men have died taking the total COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 76.

The GPHC today rapped the public service union for the illicit protest action yesterday by nurses and other health care workers.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today notified the general public that investigations in relation to allegations of criminal conduct by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and others during the post-March 2, 2020 elections incidents are continuing.

Saying it was satisfied with the marking of test scripts for this year’s exams, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) yesterday maintained it would only conduct grade reviews that are requested through its official process or via a Ministry of Education.

The National Assembly last evening completed its consideration of the 2020 Budget Estimates and passed the $329.4 billion Appropriation Bill.

Two more COVID-19 positive patients died yesterday and a total of 130 more cases were confirmed, while Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony admitted that better enforcement of the emergency measures in place, including the national curfew, is needed to curb the spread of the virus.

Scores of Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) workers yesterday joined their counterparts from the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WRDH) and the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) by staging a protest to demand salary increases and better working conditions for all frontline workers.

Calling the 2020 emergency budget a “colossal disappointment,” Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday knocked the PPP/C government’s refusal to increase the salaries of public servants while saying that the administration is engaging in wasteful spending.

photos by Bebi Oosman After being closed for almost three years, the Rose Hall Estate yesterday began humming back to life with the hiring of 105 workers and operations are underway to restart some field operations.

A 65-year-old Den Amstel man is now in police custody for allegedly killed his younger brother after a drinking session at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday night.

A recent survey has found that local farmers have seen a loss of income of up to 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, who says while the prospects for the rest of the year do not look good, there is room to reposition the agriculture sector, including through wresting local and regional markets dominated by imports.

Those who successfully complete online courses under the government’s Work-force Recovery Initiative will be issued certificates by the Ministry of Education (MoE) that will be recognised by both private and public sector employers following the signing of a key agreement yesterday.