October 2021

By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Growing up in Port Kaituma - the mining town in Region One (Barima- Waini) - Jensen Samaroo listened to his grandmother speak about court sessions and the ‘fancy’ lawyers from Georgetown. Those…

Several senior government officials on Friday joined the owner of the Amaya Milk Company for a sod-turning exercise to signify the commencement of the construction of a multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art milk processing facility. The…

The local authorities are now permitting vaccinated travellers to enter Guyana once they provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination and a negative result from a PCR or approved antigen COVID-19 test. This is according to the updated…

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) held its Annual General Meeting on October 23rd, 2021, after significant delays due to COVID-19 and other factors. The meeting was well attended as the virtual nature seemed to make it more convenient for…

Guyana’s Men’s Under-20 Football squad, which will depart next week for the Concacaf qualifiers, has received significant support from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF). President Wayne Forde disclosed on Friday that the total sum…

Persons who are partially vaccinated - that is only vaccinated with one dose of a two-dose vaccine- are now required to make an appointment and present a recent negative PCR COVID-19 test to enter public buildings. This is according to…

The Government of Guyana has changed the national curfew time to 12 midnight to 04:00hrs, according to the Official Gazette. For many months, the curfew was set at 22:30hrs to 04:00hrs but now the new curfew time will be effective…

Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar on Friday revealed that several new airlines offering direct serve to Guyana are expected to be in operation soon. Indar, who was speaking at a business luncheon at the Pegasus…

Six people, including a 46-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica), died on Thursday according to the Ministry of Health. The latest fatalities are listed below: The ministry said that the patients were…

Roxanne Winfield, the prison officer who was shot when she tried to prevent the escape of five dangerous criminals from the Camp Street prison in 2002, has died. Winfield was 58, the Guyana Prison Service said. She died on Thursday at…