Guyana News

Residents living in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River areas in Region Two are losing hope after their farmlands were once again inundated with floodwater.

The Ministry of Education on Saturday said it has already located at least 538 students who were absent from schools for the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) mock exams through the launch of its countrywide ‘Operation Recovery’ campaign.

Junior Public Works Minister Deodat Indar has assured vendors that the government will be addressing the state of the road at the Leonora Market, West Coast Demerara.

The partially decomposed body of a 19-year-old Venezuelan national was found floating in the Demerara River on Thursday afternoon and it is suspected that he might have drowned.

Months after he was severely burnt about his body during an incident at his West Coast Demerara (WCD) home, 10-year-old Jomahri Mortley is recovering in the United States (US), where he was flown for treatment.

The Alliance For Change today strongly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

KYIV, (Reuters) – A defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv today, as Western nations announced they were shipping more weapons to help the country’s outgunned military.

Some 11 Guyanese students are currently in Russia on scholarships and while they are not directly affected by the ongoing war which was launched on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud has said local authorities are closely monitoring the situation.

With major works expected to start soon for CGX Energy Inc’s deepwater port in Berbice, the company’s Executive Chairman Dr Suresh Narine has refused to say whether any mangroves were destroyed during the preparation of its 30-acre plot at Corentyne, Berbice.

The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Hope Wind Farm project on the East Coast Demerara has been approved.

Insaf Zakir, the 26-year-old taxi driver who was brutally stabbed by bandits who posed as customers, has succumbed to his injuries.

Terrence Thomas, the East La Penitence, Georgetown man who was wanted for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, has been apprehended and charged with the crime.

Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday met the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) to assure that workers’ rights would be respected during the transition of the Enmore Packaging Plant into the oil and gas support services sector, but only limited information was provided on the deal struck between government and developer GKB.

As Guyana continues to develop its oil and gas sector, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting an influx in applications for the importation, storage and usage of radioactive materials.

The government is actively considering adopting recommendations made by United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that there be longer time intervals between the first and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine for males 12 years and over.

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported 58 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Texila American University (TAU) are collaborating to boost the professional development of officers and ranks in the force.

Frontera has announced plans to drill a second exploration well in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana.

Junior Works Minister Deodat Indar on Friday reassured the families of the three missing Nobel House Seafoods fishermen that authorities are doing all they can to locate the men.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton has accused the government of stymieing the expansion of the economy through the discrimination of private investors.