Guyana News

The government will soon be allocating house lots to some 37 low-income families in Balthyock Housing Scheme, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), through the Ministry of Housing and Water’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

A 71-year-old retiree is calling on the Guyana Police Force to explain why members of the SWAT team with guns in hands stormed into to his apartment building two months ago, ransacked it and then left without an explanation.

In keeping with a promise made by Junior Housing and Water Minister Susan Rodrigues, 20 Goed Faith, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) households are now accessing potable water for the first time in several years.

The U.S. Embassy today announced the donation by the United States Government of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to fighting the pandemic, as the leading financial donor to COVAX.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips, who has responsibility for telecommunications, today filed charges against Gregory Dean, Chief Executive Officer of U-Mobile over the alleged unauthorised use of the spectrum.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 07, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Former President David Granger has warned that the  influx of Venezuelan migrants, especially in the Barima-Waini Region, is posing serious demographic, economic and strategic challenges to Guyana.

Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Hicks was yesterday afternoon arrested by police after she was allegedly caught in a sting operation accepting a bribe from a contractor, who provides security services to the ministry. 

As at June this year, “nearly 60% of all COVID-19 deaths were persons who had complications arising from arterial hypertension and type II diabetes.”

Clarence Greene, the man who allegedly set the fire which destroyed the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday, was yesterday remanded after being charged with arson and an armed robbery.

Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali has called for the removal of trade barriers which he says only serve to restrict regional agricultural trade and curtail food exports and the attainment of regional food security.

A Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigation has concluded that the blaze which destroyed more than 80 percent of the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday was an act of arson.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of October 06, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The relatives of 34-year-old Dannie ‘Rickey’ Persaud who was discovered dead in the upstairs of a wedding house believe that foul play may have been involved in the man’s death.

Two men were Wednesday remanded to prison for robbing a Corentyne family who had several overseas-based Guyanese as guests at the time of the attack on Saturday evening.

Two Corentyne cattle rangers were on Wednesday evening attacked and robbed at Gurman Gate, Tain, Corentyne, Berbice.

Francis Gonzalves is currently facing trial at the Sexual Offences Court at Suddie, Essequibo, for raping a woman.

US oil major ExxonMobil has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. 

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph company (GTT) says that it is on course to achieving its goal of “Reliably Connecting our Customers” by delivering GTT Fibre to ten thousand new homes in 2021.

In the aftermath of the backlash faced after the announcement of its entirely male Corporate Management Team (CMT), the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has sought to assure that its hiring practices are in no way discriminatory.