Guyana News

The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Friday advised all untrained teachers in the system to immediately enroll at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE).

United States-based Guyanese singer and former Hadfield Street, Lodge resident Curt Johnson was gunned down while leaving his brother’s birthday celebrations in New Jersey in the wee hours of yesterday, his relatives say.

Ninety-nine percent of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) employees who will be transferred to the new customer service business, Arrowhead Communications Incorporated by next month are contracted workers who will be paid all their benefits, GPTWU President, Harold Shepherd said.

Forty-five new cases of COVID-19 were reported yesterday. The Ministry of Health’s daily dashboard said that two persons are in the ICU.

Months after it hurriedly shut down new generators at its  Garden of Eden generating facility, Guyana Power and Light (GPL) engineers have managed to pinpoint the possible cause having analyzed data collected and are now working on a solution.

Responding to calls by local Attorney-at-Law Elizabeth Deane-Hughes to postpone the planned public consultation for the gas-to-power project until the expiry of the mandatory 60 days comments/objections period, President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge has said that the sessions are intended to be complementary to the review process and should proceed.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary since the establishment of bilateral relations between Guyana and Cuba, the Cuban Embassy in collaboration with the Global Friendships Foundation will be hosting a ‘Fiesta Cubana’ on September 24-25, 2022 in Georgetown.

Five Guyana Prison Service officers recently underwent training in the U.S.

The Anna Regina Police Station was commissioned today by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn.

The upsurge in drunk driving and accidents has caused the  government to propose amendments to the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act to pave the way for the introduction of motor manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm when driving a vehicle under the influence.

-limestone to be imported for soil A trial cultivation of soya beans in the Berbice intermediate savannahs has found it “very feasible” since two crops per year are possible as opposed to only one in northern Brazil and it is expected to result in a seven per cent reduction in the import of the crop for stock feed this year, local investor and businessman David Fernandes says.

The investigation into a shooting at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD) has now shifted to murder as the victim succumbed yesterday morning to his injuries while a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Subject to banking regulatory approvals, the planned new Merchant Bank is expected to be launched in late May or early June.

Ketley Primary School in Georgetown retained the title of Literacy Bee Champions yesterday at the National Cultural Centre after winning the first edition in 2020.

An Ulverston, Corentyne man is now missing and feared drowned after the boat he was in reportedly capsized in the Canje Creek yesterday around 10.30 am.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is reviewing its strategic water-loss plan with the aim of reducing leakages across its coastal distribution network, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shaik Baksh on Friday said as he responded to questions on the utility company’s management of the issue.

A Region Six councillor was yesterday accused of assaulting a Corentyne resident following a confrontation at Hogstye Village, Corentyne.

The Office of the Prime Minister says that through the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), it has commenced the installation of 1,000 free Wi-Fi locations or ‘Hotspots’ along Guyana’s coast.

The victim of a fatal Friday morning accident which occurred in the vicinity of Splashmins Resort along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway has been identified as Lorenzo Sampson of Roxanne Burnham Gardens.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 32 new cases of COVID 19.