Bush Lot library, ICT hub destroyed in fire
A fire, suspected to be the result of arson, has destroyed a building that housed a library and an ICT hub in the Bush Lot Community Centre Ground, Region Five.
A fire, suspected to be the result of arson, has destroyed a building that housed a library and an ICT hub in the Bush Lot Community Centre Ground, Region Five.
An 18-year-old motorcyclist is now dead and his pillion rider has been hospitalised after they collided with a minibus along the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road on Saturday morning.
The eleven-year-old girl who had been quarantined for a total of fifty-seven days was yesterday discharged from a holding facility following two negative COVID-19 tests in a row.
The University of Guyana has announced the first in a series of public lectures which form part of the selection process for the next Vice Chancellor.
Although her toddler was found to have exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 before his death, grieving mother Nolene Williams has said no test for the virus was done afterward.
In light of COVID-19 cases being recorded at the Palms Geriatric Home, the Ministry of Public Health is taking active measures to safeguard residents at other vulnerable homes through screening and testing of both their staff and residents.
LONDON, (Reuters) – At least 20,000 people have died in care homes in England and Wales as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters calculations based on official data.
As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, it has so far had a large negative economic impact with further disruptions to come unless it is brought completely under control.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – In a major showdown over presidential powers, U.S.
Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) subsidiary, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), has announced that it will make donations over a three-month period to support the Health Emergency Operating Centre’s (HEOC) emergency hotline.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said in an April cabinet meeting that he needed to change Rio de Janeiro’s chief of the federal police to protect family members under investigation, a person with knowledge of a video of the meeting told Reuters.
LISBON, (Reuters) – Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos called yesterday for a corruption case against her to be dropped, accusing Angolan authorities of using forged documents including a bogus passport to get courts to seize her assets.
Over two months since ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Artillery Unit were injured in the fireworks explosion at the Coast Guard Wharf, the families of two of the victims are still awaiting the findings from the Board of Inquiry (BOI) set up to investigate the accident.
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced that 12 children are the winners of its Annual Early Savers Prize Drawing.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British investor Legal & General said yesterday it would vote against re-electing the chair of Exxon Mobil at a shareholder meeting on May 27, saying the U.S.
(Reuters) – The Norwegian central bank yesterday excluded four Canadian oil and gas companies from its $1-trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, for producing too much greenhouse gas emissions, its first use of carbon emissions as a criterion to blacklist firms.
(Trinidad Express) The Government relief programmes to offset the negative impact of COVID-19 is expected to cost the country six billion dollars.
The number of persons positive for COVID-19 has risen overnight from 109 to 113, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle.
Six legislators from the US House of Representatives representing both Democrats and Republicans today expressed support for the recount of votes underway here and called for the return of Carter Center observers.
On the heels of its announcement that as much as 85% of its workforce here could be severed in a restructuring exercise, Guyana Goldfields yesterday announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal from fellow Canadian miner Gran Colombia and this will be reviewed by the board to determine if it is superior to one from silver company, Silvercorp.
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