Guyana News

The Medical Council of Guyana has warned doctors against providing disinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, saying that engaging in such activity contradicts their ethical and professional responsibilities.

As part of its 2021-2025 sector plan, the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) yesterday launched a National Risk Management Policy to mitigate the impact future disasters pose on the delivery of education.

Seven families in Matthews Ridge have been affected by flooding after the reservoir belonging to Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) collapsed.

A Dutch citizen was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of $5 million worth of ecstasy pills.

Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr Vincent Adams has described as scandalous the decision by the agency not to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of the new bridge across the Demerara River.

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive Aubrey Norton was among a group of persons charged yesterday with participating in an illegal procession and breaching the COVID-19 measures.

A North Ruimveldt plumber was on Friday charged with seeking to defraud the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) of $1.5 million using a forged cheque.

One of the deck plates on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) came loose yesterday morning, damaging a car and resulting in traffic being backed up on both sides for hours.

Residents living in Onder-neeming, in Region Two, on Thursday and Friday staged a protest over the deplorable conditions of the road leading to their community.

As part of the Government of Guyana’s quest to build capacity in order to effect and execute its planned law reform agenda, six State Counsel at the Ministry of Legal Affairs recently completed a training programme in the Consolidation of Laws.

Three persons are now patients at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after their vehicles collided on Wednesday evening along the Nouvelle Flanders Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

A Crabwood Creek pensioner will be spending two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a Mandir and stealing items worth over $300,000 in total.

The Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) has raised its daily withdrawal limit and the amount that can be withdrawn during a single transaction at its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

A five-month-old baby girl is among three more COVID-19 fatalities announced today by the Health Ministry.

The fire service today issued a statement on the two deaths that occurred in a septic tank at Hyde Park, Timehri last night.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) this morning announced that its Central Executive Committee has approved recommendations for the holding of the party’s long delayed 22nd Biennial Congress, which is to be held sometime between the end of November and December 13, 2021.

Farms and several houses at Matthews Ridge in Region One have been left inundated after a reservoir belonging to Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) collapsed, releasing a torrent of water that forced some families to climb trees in order to survive.

The Lethem business community is requesting government intervention as protestors in the Brazilian town of Bon Fim have blocked the main highway to the Takutu River bridge preventing the delivery of essential goods.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday granted approval for the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant and School Uniform and Supplies grant programme to be extended to the parents of children attending private schools.

President Irfaan Ali has been struck as a respondent from the action filed by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers and Ali’s suspension of the Commission.