Guyana News

As it denounced government’s negligence in failing to meet the deadline for the audit of over US$9 billion in expenses claimed by ExxonMobil, anti-corruption watchdog Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has called for inquests into the deaths of four men who were killed by members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) within the last two months.

Civil society group Article 13 has issued a call for the government to ban the exportation of logs and provide full disclosure on foreign companies working in Guyana’s forestry sector.

By Baytoram Ramharack On July 9, 1999, University of the West Indies lecturer Tyrone Ferguson launched his book To Survive Sensibly or to Court Heroic Death: The Political and Economic Management of Guyana 1965-1985, which examined Forbes Burnham’s political tenure in office.

The Chief Education Officer Dr. Marcel Hutson on Friday announced that the programme to inoculate children ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19 will commence this Friday.

For miles, acres of rice fields and farmland greet the main access road along the Essequibo Coast, serving as testament that the region is an agricultural powerhouse.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday said discussions are ongoing on promised wages and salary increases for public servants and an announcement would be made very soon.

A Venezuelan student who attended Crane Primary School is among the top ten National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) performers for Region Three.

After decades without any of its students placing at the country’s top secondary schools, St.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Thursday announced that pregnant and lactating women would be allowed to choose which COVID-19 vaccines they would like to be administered to them.

Two United States-based Guyanese brothers lost their lives last Tuesday after they reportedly drowned while on vacation in Puerto Rico.

Two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 have succumbed to the virus, according to the Ministry of Health.

A total of 40 residents of Charity, Anna Regina and Suddie, in Region Two, received on the spot house lots during an outreach conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Water on Friday.

A Prince George’s County, Maryland, US family is mourning the loss of two Guyana-born brothers after a tragic accident on vacation. 

With long-awaited party polls set for next month, the three leading candidates to be the new PNCR Leader were yesterday nominated by various party groups and former General Secretary Aubrey Norton appeared to have the most public support.

Having recognised that the “Safe City” project has yielded results in fighting crime, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced plans to expand the surveillance programme countrywide.

Six years after a challenge was mounted by now retired judge William Ramlal, the High Court has found that a law granting tax exemptions to the Chancellor and Chief Justice to be discriminatory and unconstitutional.

St8ment Investment Inc, a company without any background in construction, is defending the $346 million contract it won for the building of a Primary School at Bamia/Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

A police prosecutor and his family are fearful for their lives after gunmen opened fire on their Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home on Sunday night.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce yesterday said that it was concerned about the recent delays and flight cancellations by American Airlines and it called the quality of service “untenable.”