Guyana News

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Monday announced that during this week the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be made available to the general public.

The Health Ministry on Monday confirmed five more COVID-19 deaths along with 36 new cases.

Although not officially completed, the new Festival City Polyclinic was on Monday opened to offer services to the public.

The Mayor and City Coun-cil (M&CC) has launched a website, which it believes will help in its administration of services to Georgetown’s citizens and businesses. 

A Brazilian national who confessed to stealing money through Republic Bank Limited using forged bank cards was yesterday fined a total of $310,000 and ordered deported.

A 16-year-old boy and two men were yesterday charged with robbing overseas-based Guyanese Shamwattie Naipaul in an tack at Number 73 Village, Corentyne, early last week Monday.

Cabinet has granted its no-objection for the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) to engage China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd.

The Ministry of Finance tonight announced that China Railway Group Limited has gotten Cabinet’s no-objection to construct the Amalia Falls Hydropower Project.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 31, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony today announced that beginning this week the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine would be available to all members of the public.

Surveillance footage of the accident that left veteran aviator Malcolm Chan-A-Sue and his wife hospitalised shows that he stopped at the Kingston intersection before the collision, contrary to what was reported by the police.

Sapote-1, ExxonMobil’s third well in the Canje Block offshore Guyana, has failed to unearth evidence of commercial hydrocarbon volumes, according to oedigital.com

Former leader of the PNCR’s  youth arm, Christopher Jones has defended the electoral systems and processes to be used for the upcoming leadership election saying that while there may be criticisms, it is one of the most transparent systems seen.

A West Berbice pedestrian yesterday afternoon succumbed to injuries after being struck down by a motor car driven by a cop stationed at the Fort Wellington Police Station.

A Venezuelan national was fatally stabbed just after midnight on Saturday during an argument as he was on his way home at Ruby Backdam, East Bank Essequibo.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has again warned of what it said appears to be a “nefarious scheme”  by some members of the Georgetown City Council to undervalue and rapidly dispose of city properties.

Partner in the offshore Stabroek Block, Hess Guyana, says it sees “simply outstanding financial returns” from the fourth planned well development in the Stabroek Block and it also said that the best possible use of gas from oil extraction would be for re-injection.

A new $7m water supply system was on Saturday commissioned by Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal in the community of Toka, Region 9, according to the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir on Friday met with Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Jermaine Figueira and Government’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira and recommendations were made to resolve issues affecting the work of the committee.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of October 30, 2021, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.