August 11, 2020

Regional Executive Officers (REOs) for regions 1,2,3,5,6,9,10 received their termination letters today from the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. "The Ministry lost confidence in their ability…

Two former Magistrates Chandra Sohan and Charlyn Artiga along with the Deputy Mayor of New Amsterdam Wainwright McIntosh are among six persons who were charged on Tuesday for breaching the COVID-19 restrictions in Region 6, East Berbice…

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will not be in a position to pay wages to sugar workers from August 21, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha revealed during a virtual press conference on Tuesday. It was found that the sugar…

The Police are on the hunt for a suspect who shot and killed a 33 – year – old man on Monday evening in Berbice. Dead is Winston Robertson called ‘High rollers or Redman’, a fisherman of Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice. He…

Guyana on August 11th 2020 recorded a total of 602 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Thirty-four new cases were recorded on Tuesday and a total of 98 cases were recorded within the last four days. There are 391 persons in institutional…

As the new People’s Progressive Party Government puts its plan in place for the safe reopening of schools, Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Tuesday met with members of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU). The GTU was invited to the…

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has requested a detailed report from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on a cargo ship container of rice from Guyana that was found with a massive stash of cocaine on Monday in Germany.…

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal during visits to several squatting areas on Tuesday revealed that there are currently 62,000 pending housing applications that are being processed with new applications being submitted daily.…

The newly appointed Ministers of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and Susan Rodrigues have assured squatters that an inclusive policy to relocate them will be in place soon, one that will not employ a strong-arm approach but rather a…

A brazen daylight hijacking of a red Toyota Allion motorcar PMM 9484 occurred Monday in front of Banks DIH Limited in Georgetown. The stolen car is owned by 29-year-old Anil Singh, a driver/salesman employed with the company. Singh, a…