February 9, 2022

A total of $300 million has been approved for drugs and medical supplies to be provided to Region One (Barima-Waini), as part of the wider $4.4 billion allocation approved for the region. Minister of Local Government and Regional…

In the consideration of the estimates for this year’s budget it was revealed that of the $450 million budgeted to the National Sports Commission (NSC), approximately $130 million will be spent on upgrades to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall,…

A 40-year-old man of Hardina Street, Georgetown, was killed after he was involved in a fight with another man on Tuesday night. Dead is Aubrey Baird, a father of three and a clothes vendor. Baird was stabbed during the fight and…

Almost five years since the sod was turned to mark the construction of a permanent building for the Guyana Embassy in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, the structure is set for completion by July 2022. At the time of the sod turning in…

The government continues to work on procuring two antiviral pills developed to fight COVID-19, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony revealed on Wednesday. The Molnupiravir pill developed by US-based Merck & Co Inc. and Ridgeback…

The Private Sector Commission (PSC), through its Regional Sub-Committee chaired by Vice-Chairman, Mr. Krishnand Jaichand, fielded a team to engage the Bartica Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday, February 3, 2022, to discuss issues…

High Court Judge Gino Persaud on Tuesday ruled that the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) acted unlawfully and without authority when it introduced a 0.5% increase in cost for a Certificate of Compliance in 2019. In his…

A 25-year-old man of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was granted bail while his accomplice was remanded to prison on a series of damage to property and break and enter charges committed on market stalls at the Mackenzie market. Randy Leacock, a…

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 48-year-old Edith Reuben, a housewife of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The woman was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard early on Wednesday. Police suspect…

The Chinese Embassy in Guyana says that it is “strongly dissatisfied” with what it believes to be a “predetermined agenda” of the US-based Vice News to smear and attack Guyana/China relations. The Embassy, in a statement posted on its…