October 2020

Earlier today, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha officially launched Guyana’s newest rice variety, the GRAND 16, at the Burma Rice Research Station in Mahaicony. While addressing a number of farmers from across the country, many of…

See below full statement issued by the Office of the First Lady: First Lady Arya Ali, on Friday toured Guyana Shore Base Inc.’s (GYSBI) facility at Houston, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD), in an effort to better understand the work…

A team from the Iwokrama International Centre for rainforest conservation was met with open fire a week ago when the team came upon an illegal mining activity in the Iwokrama protected forest at the heart of Guyana. Iwokrama in a…

Local wood manufacturing company Bulkan Timber Works is confident that it has the resources and skills necessary to restore City Hall, the Neo-Gothic colonial building that once stood as one of the key landmarks of the city of Georgetown.…

Two additional COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Saturday, pushing the overall death toll to 126. The Ministry of Health reported the latest fatalities are a 48-year-old female from Region Four and a 67-year-man from Region One. Both…

As of October 31, 2020 Guyana recorded 19 new COVID-19 cases after 258 tests. This brings the total known cases to 4, 162. There are nine persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 79 in institutional isolation and 716 in home…

A new four-lane highway in Region Three, running from the new Demerara Harbour Bridge to Parika, will open thousands of acres of land for housing, large-scale agriculture projects, tourism and other activities, President Irfaan Ali…

The US State Department has approved the sale of four helicopters and related equipment to Guyana at an estimated cost of US$256 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Friday delivered the required certification for…

By Isanella Patoir Approximately 21,000 students in grades 10, 11 and 12 along with practical and technical vocational students will be returning to school from November 09, Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced on Saturday.…

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) kept their playoff hopes alive after they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by five wickets in Match 52 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Sharjah on Saturday. Needing 121 runs to win, SRH…