Guyana News

Residents of River’s View, a village located on the border of Region 10, now have improved access to potable water with the completion of a water supply improvement project to the tune of approximately $7M, according to the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

The Construction and Investment Management Group (CIMGRO), developers of the luxury housing project, Moraiko Bay, situated at Mahaica, have issued a call for Expression Of Interest (EOI) for multiple services and are seeking local content partnerships.

Amar Dindyal, the 16-year-old labourer who died after a work site accident at Vilvoorden, Essequibo Coast on Saturday, fell an estimated 60 feet, according to one of his co-workers.

A woman accused of restraining a teenaged girl whom she then allegedly allowed to be raped by a relative, was yesterday acquitted by a jury in the High Court at Suddie.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday reiterated that vaccination is the only way to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana and the emerging variants around the world.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday met with a delegation from the French Development Agency (AFD), France’s public development bank at the Ministry of Finance to re-establish and deepen ties of economic cooperation with Paris.

Twenty-four-year-old Sean Dos Santos and 22-year-old Stephon Howard have been freed of the 2017 killing of Abdool Fazal Saheed after a jury acquitted them both this afternoon.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of November 29, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The dire state of the fishing industry has caused Soorsattie ‘Lilly’ Chandrapaul to put two of her fishing boats up for sale and cease operations with the third after she suffered major losses.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that an investigation has been launched by its internal affairs unit of the conduct of ranks in a rape allegation case where the complainant later died by suicide.

A team of government ministers on Saturday descended on the South Rupununi village of Aishalton to defend the controversial decision to restart small-scale mining activities on the Marudi Mountain, presenting the move as a solution to fast-track development in the area.

President Irfaan Ali has told the staff of the Morning Glory Inc rice cereal plant in Region Two that they should be able to regain full employment in three weeks.

Three persons who attempted to bribe lawmen at the Golden Grove Police Station, East Bank Demerara have been arrested and are likely to be charged today.

Civil society group, Article 13 on Saturday called for the extension of consultations for proposed electoral reforms and warned that key areas had been neglected in the draft changes presented by the government.

Sugar cane that was waterlogged for weeks earlier this year has resulted in the production of a lower quality of sugar at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has taken ExxonMobil, its partners and the consulting firm, ERM to task over the lack of a comprehensive fishery baseline study as part of the impact assessment for the oil  giant’s Yellowtail development.

A West Ruimveldt man died on Saturday and three others were hospitalised after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a utility pole along the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara.

A young Don Robin Farm farmer lost his life yesterday after the tractor he was operating turned over and pinned him underneath, leaving his family in a state of shock.

The $60 million agro-processing facility in Pomeroon-Supenaam is complete and will soon be outfitted with high-end equipment, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Three hundred and eighty-five Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship awardees have successfully completed their Continuing Professional and Educational (CPE) programmes offered at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus for the 2021 Summer semester.