December 22, 2020

President Irfaan Ali has announced the re-introduction of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative. The Head of State told residents of Kato in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) today that the programme would re-start in 2021 with the…

Demerara Bank Limited on Tuesday opened its new location at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The facility, which is touted to become the busiest location, will serve residents of Regions Five and Four, reducing the need for persons to…

Prime Minister Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips was satisfied, Tuesday afternoon, after inspecting the repairs done to the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) recently damaged 69kV submarine cable. The Deputy Head of State was accompanied by…

The Ministry of Public Works on Tuesday entered into an agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for additional work by CHEC at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to the amount of approximately US$9M at the sole…

The Ministry of Health on Tuesday recorded 45 new COVID-19 cases of which 34 were recorded in Region Ten. The other cases were recorded in Region Four with three new cases and Region Seven recorded eight new cases. Guyana has recorded 6,…

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday received equipment valuing $26,912,074 (US$128, 817) from the Chinese Embassy in collaboration with the Chinese Medical Brigade in Guyana. At the handing over ceremony held at…

Alvin Jones, known as “Hot Skull,” was on Tuesday sentenced to 43.5 years for the murder of Albouystown footballer Paul Daniels; the footballer was gunned down in front of his Albouystown home in 2017. Jones, 28, formerly of Castello…

The Ministry of Health has applied for a grant from COVAX - the agency through which Guyana will receive its COVID-19 vaccines - to get an expert to provide technical assistance to administer the vaccines here. According to Health Minister…

The government has been told by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to await more scientific information on the new strain of COVID-19 announced in the United Kingdom (UK) that has sent countries scrambling to put measures in place…

By Akeem Greene National footballer Jeremy Garrett has hailed the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) plan to develop a professional league in 2021, noting it would have a positive impact on the lives of local footballers. According to…