Guyana News

Close to 12 inches of water swamped households at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara during yesterday morning’s high tide after the koker attendant failed to show up to close the doors.

A soldier died yesterday after he lost control of his car in the vicinity of Hauraruni, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. 

Four more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 134 new cases.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) yesterday launched an online system, which is expected to reduce the processing time for some teacher applications from over nine months to two months.

Guyana’s recent pact with Suriname on health services would see cancer patients getting radioactive therapy not available here  and Surinamese coming here for kidney transplants, Minister of Health Dr.Frank

After finding out that a juror is likely to face criminal charges, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on Monday had to abort the trial of Ravindra Maraj who had been arraigned before her at the Sexual Offences Court on two counts of raping a woman.

The 34,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines that were received on Monday are expected to be used mostly in hinterland areas.

Frontera Energy Corporation on Monday announced that the Kawa-1 exploration well offshore Guyana has been spudded.

The hearing of the appeal filed by Hansel Lewis, who slashed the throat of Chris Burrowes during the early hours of New Year’s Day 2013, is set to commence this morning before the Guyana Court of Appeal.

Minister Ashni Singh has urged yet another Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company to expand its operations to various regions of the country.

With the leadership of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) still not recognising interim Town Clerk Candace Nelson, she resorted to walking out of a statutory meeting held on Monday at the Kitty Market Hall.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud has assured Region Ten residents that her ministry is constantly working to improve the services being offered.

Twenty-three-year-old Budraj Ramlall aka Devin of Adventure, Region Two has surrendered to police after he was involved in an accident at Adventure Truck Line Dam.

A woman was on Monday remanded to prison after being charged with stealing a child.

Thirty-eight Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are now poised to effectively handle small arms and platoon weapons.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 23, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

As part of President Joe Biden’s promise to help the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy today announced a delivery of 146,250 Pfizer vaccine doses to Guyana on August 24. 

Schools will reopen on September 6 for face-to-face teaching, the Ministry of Education reiterated  yesterday as it urged parents to allow their children to be vaccinated with the Pfizer shots that are due to arrive in the country today and warned teachers to be inoculated or provide a weekly negative PCR test.

Conservation International Guyana (CI-G) has withdrawn from a US$10 million partnership agreement with ExxonMobil that was aimed at the advancement of a sustainable economy through investments in education, research, sustainable management and preservation of the country’s ecosystem.

Anthony Jones, 41, called ‘Pastry Man,’ was yesterday morning handed a life sentence for the 2018 killing of 20-year-old Nyron Vyphuis, who was stabbed in the heart after intervening in an argument Jones was having with his (Jones’) wife, to prevent him from hitting the woman.