Boy, 2, dies after drinking gasoline
A toddler of Isseneru, Village Middle, Mazaruni River, died on Friday after he reportedly drank gasoline stored at his mother’s camp at Hymarak Backdam.
According...
UG partners with Haliburton to prep students for Petroleum Engineering
Hundreds of students enrolled in the University of Guyana’s (UG) Petroleum Chemical, Mechanical and Mining Engineering programmes are set to benefit from an enhanced...
Guyana exceeds 16,000 ‘COVID’ cases; four more die
Four more persons who tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus, have succumbed, pushing Guyana’s overall death toll to 355.
Those victims are an 80-year-old...
Teachers granted GOAL scholarship will be rewarded; deadline for submissions extended
See below statement issued by the Guyana Online Academy of Learning:
The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL), Government’s flagship, free online 20,000 scholarship initiative,...
‘Help get Guyanese products on foreign shelves’ – Finance Minister
By Vishani Ragobeer
Though some local products are of high quality, they are not exported and commonly sold abroad but Senior Minister within the Office...
ExxonMobil to pay gov’t US$1.3 million for excess flaring offshore Guyana
The government is expected to be paid some US$1.3 million from ExxonMobil Guyana in fines for the excess flaring of natural gas from its...
Pres. Ali: Investments being made to foster development, meet demands of re-migrants
By Vishani Ragobeer
At the opening of Guyana’s first virtual diaspora conference, President Dr. Irfaan Ali underscored that the government is focused on ensuring development...
High turnout for ‘drive thru’ COVID-19 vaccination drive
Though there was a little rain early Saturday morning, Guyanese still turned out in their numbers to take advantage of the government’s COVID-19 ‘drive-thru’...
Kuru Kuru man killed in hit and run accident
Investigations are ongoing into a fatal hit and run accident that claimed the life of John Wickham 35-year-old man of Kuru Kuru Public Road,...
Man robbed of motorcycle, phone on Sheriff St.
As he made a quick stop at a fast-food caravan on Sheriff Street, a 40-year-old man was robbed of his motorcycle and cellphone by...