Guyana News

The process for the submission of comments and objections concerning the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Development Project concluded over one month ago but the EPA remains silent as to what the next step will be.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a new administrative building for the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of January 17th, 2022, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Protesting has resumed at Dartmouth, on the Essequibo Coast, in Region Two, over the killing of businessman Orin Boston by a policeman.

As tributes poured in yesterday to honour pioneering business magnate, Yesu Persaud, persons he work-ed with over the decades remembered a patriotic visionary who paved the way for emerging entrepreneurs, doing so with humility and compassion.

Millions of dollars in cargo went up in flames late Sunday night as a fire of unknown origin ravaged two Laparkan Shipping storage bonds in the Guyana National Industrial Company compound on Lombard Street, Georgetown.

With fully-vaccinated persons making up almost 40% of COVID-19 deaths for the month, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has said comorbidities and waning immunity may be among the responsible factors.

After an initial agreement on the nominees for the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), the APNU+AFC has changed one of its nominees.

A celebration of Yesu Persaud’s  90th birthday in 2018 gave intimate glimpses of the early motivations behind his success and the humility and tenacity that always remained with him.

The Health Ministry will be investigating cases of paediatric COVID-19 deaths, Minister of Health Dr.

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that the National Grade Six Assessment will be written on July 6 and 7 and there will be two mock examinations to prepare students.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Sherod Duncan was charged yesterday over derogatory names he called the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Information Technology Manager during his social media talk show last week. 

A 45-year-old pedal cyclist succumbed at a city hospital on Saturday, days after he allegedly rode into the path of a motor lorry along the Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) Public Road.

A Linden resident was shot while his family was robbed of over $400,000 in jewellery and cellphones on Sunday night after armed bandits stormed their home.

A Corriverton man is now at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was stabbed several times about his body after another man intervened in a fight between the victim and his sister.

Attorney-at-law Bernard Da Silva was arrested by the police yesterday for allegedly discharging his licensed firearm while visiting his daughter in Cummings Lodge during last week.

The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) says its entire family is mourning the passing yesterday morning of business magnate Yesu Persaud.

Today marks six months since Black Bush Polder lost Nathanael Ledra, a young teacher, after he was fatally struck along the Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road by a Ministry of Finance vehicle which was allegedly making a U-Turn at the time.

The High Commission of India in Georgetown has expressed grief on the passing yesterday of Dr.

One more COVID-19 death was yesterday reported along with 892 new cases of the virus.