Days after he was arrested by the police, Kapildeo Gangadin yesterday ap-peared in court to answer two murder charges including that of businessman, Ganesh Persaud who was stabbed during a robbery at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last Friday.
The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday announced that it has “significantly” improved the water supply of the community of St Cuthbert’s Mission located in Region Four with the commissioning of an $8.1 million upgraded and expanded water supply system.
For failing to file its defence on time in the more than $100 million libel suit brought against it by former President David Granger, the Kaieteur News (KN) has been sanctioned and ordered to pay costs in the sum of $150,000.
ExxonMobil Guyana has provided a truck weighbridge scale to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development for use at the Haags Bosch Landfill site on the East Bank of Demerara.
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is urging cigarette dealers to refrain from importing tobacco products that fail to meet the criteria of the National Standard.
Lenox Shuman, Member of Parliament representing the joinder list said that he met with Leader of the Oppo-sition, Joseph Harmon yesterday on a number of matters including making the opposition more effective.
The Ministry of Health is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to access software designed to keep track of COVID-19 vaccination data as well as implement a new vaccination card system.
The Ministry of Education yesterday said that a prayer delivered by a student at last Thursday’s announcement of CXC exams results was a universal one and not Christian.
The Minister of Health yesterday announced that he was pleased with the COVID-19 adolescent vaccination campaign as over 16,000 have thus far been fully inoculated.
Two Guyanese youths, Adaiah Fyffe and Crystal Charles, won second and third places in the recent Nestlé Vision to Reality: Start-Up Challenge, which was held in collaboration with Junior Achievement (JA) Jamaica.
Quick action by members of the community of Grove, East Bank Deme-rara, yesterday led to police ranks apprehending a male who tried to snatch a woman’s purse.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is still assessing the Russia-designed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, according to an update on the WHO’s website today.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that at approximately 6:41 am yesterday, four of its Transmission Lines tripped: L2 and L4 that connect the Golden Grove and Sophia Substations, L5 – the Kingston to Sophia Substations and L17 – the Good Hope to Colombia Substations.