Guyana News

Prompt action by a handyman and firefighters attached to the Linden fire station spared the Christianburg-Wismar Secondary School in Region Ten from major damage.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Friday completed the installation of a new well in Wakenaam, Region Three.

Aimed at reducing recidivism and supporting reintegration of prisoners into society, the Government has set aside a sum of $88.9 million this year to train prisoners through the “Fresh Start” Initiative.

A labourer was on Wednesday remanded for allegedly robbing a woman while she was in front of her yard and injuring her.

A Karasabai, Region Nine resident has raised concerns about the condition of the Karasabai Police Station.

The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded one more COVID-19 fatality which pushes the death toll from the pandemic to 1,203.

Local machining company Guysons has clinched a US$60m joint venture for oilfield manufacturing at Enmore that will see the GuySuCo sugar packaging plant being transformed into a fabrication facility.

Construction of the pipeline for government’s gas to shore project will begin by the end of this year as a final investment plan will be made then, Project Lead, Winston Brassington, yesterday announced.

Major works are soon to start on the CGX Energy Inc deepwater port in Berbice and  the company’s Executive Chairman Dr Suresh Narine says that as Guyana seeks to strike a balance between preservation and development of its oil and gas sector some disruption to the environment has to be expected.

A US$20m venture between 3t EnerMech and Orinduik Development Incorporated Training Centre will deliver a  training facility for the local workforce to support the development of the country’s offshore oil and gas sector.

Davanand Narine who stabbed and killed his wife back in 2019 and attempted to commit suicide after, is now awaiting sentence after pleading guilty when his matter was called yesterday morning at the High Court at Suddie.

Three unvaccinated men have succumbed to COVID and 105 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday.

Government has allocated $931 million for the switching out of some of the older antiretroviral (ARV) medications used to treat persons living with HIV/AIDS, according to Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony.

President  Irfaan Ali last evening lauded the grand opening of NTS Amega Atlantic Guyana at Houston, East Bank Demerara and called it a strategic piece of the right mix for development.

A concrete road will be constructed from Hosororo to Wanaina in Region One during the course of this year.

Former Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson, who has been charged with engaging in sexual activity with a child back in 2011, is currently facing trial before the Sexual Offences Court.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with representatives of Air Canada— the largest Canadian airline, at the Marriott Hotel on the sidelines of the ‘International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana 2022’.

Tenders were on Thursday opened at the National Procurement and tender Administration Board for the provision of security services at the Guyana Energy Agency along with the Ministry of Health.

A 58-year-old pork knocker of Pakera, Matthews Ridge, North West District (NWD) died after a mining pit collapsed on him on Monday, according to the Guyana Police Force.

Dental services are now available within various satellite communities in Region Two according to Regional Health Officer (RHO) Dr Ranjeev Singh who made this disclosure at the Region’s Statutory meeting held on Wednesday.