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The Ministry of Health is currently monitoring a number of COVID-19 hotspots around the country even as it was noted that new variants may be circulating here as there has been an increase in hospitalisations.
A business trip ended tragically for a popular pastry vendor when he was shot dead during a robbery at Onderneeming Sandpit, Essequibo Coast on Sunday evening.
A Lindener was yesterday charged with murder after the man he chopped succumbed to his injuries while at the hospital.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Sunday said that a recent agreement between George-town and Paramaribo for Guyanese fishermen pertains to Suriname’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and not the Corentyne River as was stated in the Sunday Stabroek editorial of August 29 entitled `Fishing licences’.
WWF-Guianas yesterday launched its Sweet Water campaign for freshwater protection in Guyana.
Major infrastructural works are needed to rehabilitate key dams and access roads in the flood-hit communities of Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says it will destroy any barriers impeding its access to fire scenes.
Construction of the first 20 elevated 2-bedroom homes of 1000 for the mining town of Linden, Region Ten has commenced, the Central Housing & Planning Authority said in a press release on August 25.
Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine says no city funds were used for his recent trip to a New York, USA rally organised by the group, Guyana Organization Against Racism (GOAR).
The adolescent COVID-19 vaccination programme continued yesterday at the St. Joseph High School on Woolford Avenue and saw another huge turnout.
On Thursday September 16th, Justice Gino Persaud will deliver his ruling on whether President Irfaan Ali’s name will be struck from the action filed by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers.
Dhaniram Harilall, the man who succumbed on Thursday, three weeks after he was struck down in a hit-and-run accident at the Liliendaal Railway Embankment died as a result of complications from injuries suffered.
Omale Damon, the Guyana Police Force Corporal who was charged with engaging in corrupt transactions, was yesterday granted bail.
Two more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 80 new cases of the virus.
The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Develop-ment, celebrating 25 years of the signing of the Iwokrama Act, is continuing with partnership building with several key agencies, the organization noted in a recent press release.
Just a month after fuel prices were increased, consumers are facing another hike.
Hundreds including children and police from the Pomeroon-Supenaam area in Region Two as well as the neighbouring islands can now consider themselves better equipped with the necessary knowledge in Information Technology (IT) after successfully graduating from the Richard Faikall Police College in computer studies.
Former acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan passed away today at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The Ministry of Health today said that as August 29, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
A business trip ended tragically for a pastry vendor when he was shot and robbed at Onderneeming Sandpit last night.
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