Guyana News

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is commemorating the third anniversary of the Ocean View Infectious Diseases Hospital, located in Liliendaal which according to a release yesterday, “has played a pivotal role in Guyana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the care of infectious disease patients.”

A 70-year-old man died in an accident on the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara yesterday morning.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has launched its Mastercard Black Card.

Akeem Smith, called ‘Family Man’, a 24-year-old mason of Norton Street, Lodge, was on Monday arrested at the Weldaad Police Station checkpoint over the possession of 11,339 grams of marijuana.

To commemorate World Pharmacists Day, the Guyana Pharmacists Association, on Monday hosted an award ceremony to honour long-serving pharmacists across Guyana for their time, dedication, contribution, and commitment, a release from the Ministry of Health said.

Vishwanauth Mohamed, a 27-year-old taxi driver from Barnwell, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested on 2023/09/23 and charged yesterday with the offence of possession of a firearm without licence and possession of ammunition without a licence.

Adam Knights, a 25-year-old gold miner of  Lot 35 Haslington, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on Monday by a detective from the Cove & John Police Station and charged yesterday with armed robbery.

A Cane Grove house was yesterday morning destroyed by fire and four persons are homeless.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Kris Ramsaran, who was shot 16 times, died instantly on Sunday afternoon, just minutes after he had returned to this country from Guyana.

The Ministry of Education yesterday launched EDpal, an innovative application which it says is set to revolutionize the way learners from across the country access educational content.

President Irfaan Ali last evening met with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Muhammed Sulaiman Al-Jasser at State House.

Fifty-four-year-old Linden Isaacs, a City Constable, appear-ed before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with firing a gun at a colleague and her friend and he was remanded.

Chief Citizen Alfred Mentore and the mayors of Rose Hall, Anna Regina and Lethem are among specified persons in public life who have failed to submit their returns  to the Integrity Commission for the period July 1st, 2021 to June 30th, 2022 and they have been warned to do so by October 23rd or face prosecution.

Dredging of the Pomeroon River Mouth will recommence by October 5, 2023, a statement from GAICO said yesterday.

A man identified as Akeem Fletcher (age and address unknown), was on Monday afternoon killed in an accident along Independence Boulevard in Albouystown.

The family of five-year-old Jai-Devi Gurdyal is seeking answers regarding their daughter’s tragic passing and they have expressed dissatisfaction with the Post-Mortem Examination (PME) results which listed the girl’s cause of death as asthma.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday praised China for its “exceptional achievements and outstanding developments” over several decades.

With the last quarter of the year approaching, neither the Public Service Ministry nor the GPSU appear to be keen on pushing for free collective bargaining for public servants.

By Abigail Headley Birthed from an idea that floated between a couple during the pandemic, Blackwater Adventures, a small family-owned business in Berbice, is the only licensed tour operator in Region Six.

Approximately 200 households in Kumu and Quarrie – satellite villages of St Ignatius, Central Rupu-nuni, Region Nine, will now have first-time access to reliable electricity, after receiving solar photovoltaic (PV) home systems through the government’s Solar Home Systems Project.