Guyana News

The Ministry of Health is currently examining a number of options regarding the procurement of vaccines for COVID-19 whenever they are approved by the relevant international health authorities.

The second sitting of the 12th Parliament  will be held on Wednesday, September 9 when the “Minister with responsibility for Finance” will present to the House the Budget Speech for 2020.

After being told that they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a family in Wowetta, North Rupununi, was left to fend for themselves even though two members of the family who tested positive were elders who would be more susceptible to the disease.

During August, Guyana recorded 21 deaths as a result of COVID-19 which was almost double the amount of deaths that were recorded in the country from March to July.

The detrimental impact of COVID-19 is being proffered as the reason behind the Guyana Marriott Hotel’s recent termination of 37 employees from various departments.

A 50-year-old pressman attached to the National Media and Publishing Company, publishers of Kaieteur News, was held at gunpoint in broad daylight yesterday and robbed of $74,000 cash and his motorcycle at Lamaha Park, Georgetown.

Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has been granted approval to operate two additional repatriation flights between Guyana and Barbados over the next two weeks.

A carpenter who was struck down by a speeding car on Tuesday night, along Dennis Street, Sophia, died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The Georgetown seawall beautification programme was yesterday boosted by the presence of the First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali along with a timely donation of supplies. 

Addressing the challenges faced by the Education Ministry in its efforts to provide education using an internet-based approach, APNU+AFC executive Cathy Hughes has suggested that the PPP/C government make use of the initiatives implemented by the coalition.

Police have released the suspect in the murder of a Hope, East Coast Demerara, nonagenarian, who was found dead with marks of violence in his kitchen on Tuesday.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal has dissolved the Board of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Board, according to a notice in the Official Gazette dated August 29.

The Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) is looking for bidders to construct a research facility at the University of Guyana (UG).

A miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possessing 128 grammes of cannabis.

Melisa McKinnon, owner of a one-story wooden home that was completely gutted by fire on Wednesday afternoon, began rebuilding her home after community members offered significant assistance.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the deaths of two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), taking the country’s death toll to 46.

The Ministry of Public Works is advising users of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, that due to mechanical issues with the retractor span, heavy vehicular traffic will be restricted for the next few hours.

The Ministry of Health still has a backlog of about 1,000 COVID-19 tests to be concluded.

Government is hoping that within a week the technical teams reviewing the evaluation of plans for the development of ExxonMobil’s Payara oil field will have submitted a licence agreement to the Office of the President.

Two new COVID-19 fatalities were recorded yesterday, along with 19 new positive cases.