Guyana News

Since February this year when vaccination against the COVID-19 virus began, the Ministry of Health has administered over 650,000 doses.

The Trinidadian firm which has won the $780m contract to rehabilitate the neo-gothic City Hall has advertised for an art restoration specialist.

 With approval from government already granted, a locally created telecommunications company has partnered with United States investors to plug a large sum into 5G services which will add to Guyana’s growing telecommunications pool.

Two policemen were yesterday charged with rape and were released on $75, 000 bail each.

In the aftermath of  recent bee attacks which resulted in four fatalities, the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has announced that it will soon extend bee removal services to places that are considered residential spaces. 

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 20, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was yesterday signed in Dubai to advance closer technical cooperation between Guyana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

With nearly 900 persons so far dead as a result of COVID-19, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony has disclosed that almost half of those deaths have been recorded in Region Four.

A fisherman who is suspected to have drowned was yesterday found at the No.

Employees of Bosai Minerals Group yesterday downed tools to protest the company’s proposal of a 5.5% wages and salary increase.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) will soon be increasing its digital footprint as plans are in the works to offer all of its billing online.

A second suspect was charged on Monday with the murder of Nelson Thomas, who was fatally stabbed after returning home from the interior to register his baby.

After seeking an extension to file its defence in the more than $100 million libel suit brought against it by former President David Granger, the new position of the Kaieteur News (KN) is that it will not contest the matter and therefore will no longer be filing a defence.

Karishma Dhanoopdarie, 12 years old is one of Region 2’s successful National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) candidates.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 20, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A Corentyne man was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the rape of three males.

President Irfaan Ali and his contingent continued in their quest yesterday to promote business opportunities and investment in Guyana while attending EXPO 2020 in Dubai with discussions of creating a logistics hub here for the UAE.  

Corentyne taxi driver Gavin Gill, who in 2019 drove his car into his wife before stabbing and chopping her to death, now awaits sentence after pleading guilty yesterday afternoon to murdering her.

“Heinous, diabolical, calculated and brutal,” were among the words Justice Sandil Kissoon used to describe the manner in which Staymon George snuffed out the life of British teenager Dominic Bernard, back in 2015.

A woman has died following an accident on the Eccles Industrial Site access road, East Bank Demerara.