2021

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and recent floods, Guyana’s rice industry remained resilient and raked in close to $40 billion (US$189,232,690) from the export of 412,810 tonnes of rice for the period January to November 2021. This is a…

Additional works being done at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to realise the government’s vision of a modern port of entry is set to be completed by June 2022, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said on Thursday. The…

A long-standing relationship with football was renewed on Thursday by the Survival Supermarket chain. In the season of goodwill and cheer, the very popular and household name in Guyana has committed to bring cheer to one player and his…

The revised COVID-19 guidelines issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will not be adopted in Guyana any time soon because the deadly Delta COVID-19 variant is still circulating here. This is according to the…

See below press statement issued by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association: The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) condemns the unparliamentary behavior that played out in the National Assembly last evening. The…

See below press statement from the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber: The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) condemns in the strongest form the brazen vulgarity and disruption of the National Assembly proceedings yesterday by the…

Police have arrested two men in connection with the discovery of counterfeit United States money which were found in a house at Dr Miller Street, Triumph, East Coast Demerara. Those arrested are a 22-year-old and a 29-year-old. According…

A fish vendor of Walton Hall in Region Two (Pomeroon – Supernaam) lost his life just after noon on Thursday after his home went up in flames. Dead is 60-year-old Ramdass Samdass, a father of two. Unable to help himself he was burnt…

The death of an unvaccinated 69-year-old man of Region Three (Essequibo Island - West Demerara) has increased Guyana’s COVID-19 death to 1,052. The Minister of Health reported that the latest victim died on December 30 and now,…

Just one year after he joined the staff at the Parliament of Guyana as the Personal Assistant to the Speaker, Ean McPherson, a 53-year-old former police and army officer, is being hailed as a hero for holding on to the Parliamentary mace…