Guyana News

UNICEF last Friday handed over 100 water tanks to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to support the agency’s response to emergencies.

GTT recently connected over 20 schools and residents with landline services at Bartica.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday received several pieces of equipment and operational manuals from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that will be used to improve its data collection and extension capabilities.

The Tourism and Hos-pitality Association of Guyana (THAG) is hosting a “Resort Getaway” promotion to encourage Guyanese to experience the offerings at several tourist destinations at “preferred” rates.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday recognized children of uniformed and civilian personnel, with certificates and monetary awards for their outstanding performances at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) Examinations.

As Guyana observes Tourism Awareness Month, works are continuing at the Kingston Seawall to develop that area into one of the city’s major tourist hubs.

A Trinidadian company will tomorrow be turning the sod for a US$32.2m Hyatt-branded hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) today announced that it had summarily dismissed seven employees of the city over alleged serious misconduct.

With one of the highest suicide rates per capita in the world, Guyana has been making very poor steps in addressing mental health issues and the state of its treatment hospital has been described as “sad”.

The prime suspect and his accomplice, who were arrested during the investigation into the murder of Dr Colin Roach, are expected to be charged today.

Days after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, former Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James yesterday surrendered to the police in the company of his lawyers and was released on $300,000 bail.

By Lakhram Bhagirat Although key environmental matters and the hiring of a contractor are still to be concluded, the government is pressing ahead with plans for a new bridge over the Demerara River and has invited  Region Four to give its  no-objection to the project.

Several civil society groups and members of the public have issued a call for the time allocated for questions and comments to be expanded at an up-coming virtual hearing on Esso’s planned Yellowtail offshore oil project.

A thirty-six-year-old boat builder of Jacklow, Upper Pomeroon in Region Two died after his vessel capsized.

Seventeen-year-old Parmesh Ramgobin of Charity is one of Region Two’s top performers at the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations.

Since the PPP/C Government took office in August 2020, close to 9,000 house lots have been distributed across the country.

A man is on trial at the High Court in Berbice for murdering a Bushlot Village, West Coast Ber-bice, couple, in January, 2016, after he pleaded not guilty to the indictment when he appeared in court yesterday.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand says her ministry will be guided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on the roll out of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11.

Three more unvaccinated persons have succumbed to COVID-19. This was reported by the Ministry of Health in a press release yesterday which noted that Guyana’s total deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus increased to 945.

Colin Grant who said he acted as a “look-out” while businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress was bludgeoned sometime during the night of August 30th, 2013 was today sentenced to 21 years behind bars but will serve only eight after deductions for his guilty plea and the period he spent on remand.