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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

2 new Covid-19 cases recorded

Guyana’s total number of recorded COVID-19 cases is now at 4026, after only two positives were reported on Monday. The Health Ministry’s dashboards showed that...

Prisoners will continue to access standardised healthcare services – Prisons Director

Prisoners at various correctional facilities across the country will continue to access standardised healthcare services despite their limitations and constant entry into society. This was...

Hearing impaired given green light to write drivers’ examination

Following a protest by members of the Deaf Association of Guyana in front of the Public Security Ministry requesting that they be given a...

Govt building modern ICT platform to improve efficiency, productivity—President Ali

President Dr Irfaan Ali has stated that the Government’s ICT Master Plan would ensure that all sectors and stakeholders enhance their efficiency and productivity. This...

1 new COVID-19 case recorded; total now stands at 159

Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, Chief Medical Officer, today announced that Guyana has recorded one new COVID-19 case, bringing the total number of cases to 159. The...

$560.7M in contracts signed for the reconstruction St Mary’s High School

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday signed six contracts to the tune of $560.7 million for the rehabilitation of the St Mary’s High School. The...

Boy, 19, arrested for rape of 15-Y-O girl

Police in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) have arrested a 19-year-old boy, who is being accused of raping a 15-year-old girl. According to the police, the teenage...

Fmr soldier found not guilty of rape, but to be sentenced for assaulting woman

Warren George, who escaped from the High Court last week Tuesday by jumping over its western corridor, has been acquitted of a charge which...

‘It means a lot to us’ – Mother of two after receiving new home...

A family of four from Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo (EBE) on Friday received the keys to their new home from First...

Child forced out of school after allegedly being beaten by teacher

A three-year-old child has been out of school for almost two weeks and is now being forced to relocate. This is after the little...

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Guyanese exporters have been subjected to unfair treatment by T&T for decades – GOGEC

say latest development is blatant violation of free trade embodied in the Treaty of Chaguaramas The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has...

GCCI calls for removal of NTB following T&T’s refusal to import milk, water from...

Full statement below: The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) notes, with strong consternation, the attempts by Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) to frustrate the...

MoA procures 100 Vessel Monitoring Devices for fisheries sector  

The Agriculture Ministry through its Fisheries Department recently procured 100 Vessel Monitoring Devices (VMDs) as part of its monitoring strategy for artisanal fisheries in...

CARICOM Trade Ministers meet in Georgetown for 58th COTED

CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for trade began a two-day meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. Minister of Trade and...

MoE issues warning letters sent to 9 contractors for failing to meet deadlines, substandard...

The Education Ministry has issued several warning letters to nine contractors for breaching their stipulated contractual deadlines as well as for producing substandard work. This...

Security officer shot dead after allegedly opening fire on Police

A security officer attached to Kalibur Security Service was on Tuesday shot and killed after he opened fire on a team of police officers...

Long Creek smash-up claims 6th victim

A sixth person has succumbed to his injuries following the horrific smash-up at Long Creek Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Monday which has already claimed the...

High Court throws out BK’s challenge of quarry licences granted to Hadi’s World Inc.

An application made by BK Quarries Incorporated, challenging the quarry licences granted to Hadi’s World – a company owned by businessman Nazar “Shell” Mohamed...

MoE, GTU talk reach deadlock as Union presents new demands

Conciliatory talks between the Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) will reconvene on Monday after both parties reached a deadlock during discussions...

2 GTT employees injured as tower collapses in Kwakwani

Two employees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) found themselves injured on Tuesday afternoon when the company’s communication tower in Kwakwani, Region...