Guyana News

This year’s National Toshaos’ Council Conference will see leaders engaging through regional meetings and Amerindian Heritage Month 2021 celebrations will be limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With expected oil and gas revenues positioning Guyana to finance infrastructural development, the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) and the Ministry of Public Works are expected to meet soon to discuss the proposed creation of a National Infrastructure Plan (NIP).

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday said efforts were underway to resolve the issues at the centre of no confidence motions submitted by the AFC against Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Chairman Daniel Seeram and Vice Chairman Samuel Sandy.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has commenced the advertising stages for the construction of the four-lane highway from Eccles to Great Diamond on the East Bank Demerara, and has invited eligible contractors to tender their bids.

ExxonMobil Corporation has delayed a drilling decision for a second well in the Kaieteur Block, offshore Guyana, in order to do additional data analysis.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) will be conducting a public hearing for an appeal made against the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to not require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the storage of sealed radioactive sources by Non Destructive Testers Limited (Guyana) Inc.,

After losing her husband in a pirate attack in 2018, Corentyne resident Taramattie Abrahim was forced to start over.

The Health and Education ministries will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccination drive for adolescents at MovieTowne, at Turkeyen today.

A Berbice taxi driver says his car caught on fire yesterday, just minutes after he drove away from a mechanic’s shop where he had his lights repaired.

An Essequibo businessman got a literal rude awakening on Saturday when he was attacked by robbers in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A robbery suspect was left hospitalised on Friday after he was chased down and cornered by a woman who he and two others robbed in an attack at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Acting Minister of Agriculture  Deodat Indar and Managing Director of Farm Supplies Limited, Renger Van Dijk today opened the company’s branch office in No.

Some 600 farmers in Region Ten, who were affected by the recent severe flooding, today benefitted from the Government’s flood relief grant, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The Ministry of Health today said that as August 27, 2021, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that nursery and primary schools will reopen for face-to-face learning on September 6, while secondary schools will open in accordance with the vaccination programme currently being rolled out across the country.

A day after he allegedly admitted to stealing a quantity of COVID-19 vaccination books, a driver attached to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) was yesterday remanded to prison after he was faced with two charges.

Former National Communications Network (NCN) Chairman Enrico Woolford has won a judgment against former Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy, whom he had sued for libel.

Former parliamentarian  and PNCR executive Mervyn Williams is a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.

The Health Ministry on Friday confirmed three more COVID-19 deaths, including that of a 28-year-old man.

With unvaccinated healthcare workers being refused entry at their worksites under new COVID-19 measures, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has stated that the fallout could see the public health system being forced to reduce some of its services.