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The Guyana Foundation recently completed a village renewal project at Capoey, which is located on the Capoey Lake in the Pomeroon/Supenaam Region of Essequibo. This was done in collaboration with the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.…

An 82-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) succumbed to the dreaded Coronavirus, taking Guyana’s overall death toll to 324. The Ministry of Health reported that the elderly man died on Saturday, May 8, while receiving care at…

COVID-19 cases in Guyana continue to climb rapidly as 130 new infections were recorded on Saturday from 509 tests, taking Guyana’s overall total number of confirmed cases to 14,203. Region Four stays in the lead with the majority of new…

By Vishani Ragobeer Though vaccination is not mandatory in Guyana, the presence of the deadlier form of the coronavirus and continued breach of the COVID-19 guidelines has forced the government to consider whether it should be compulsory…

The local COVID-19 death toll has increased to 323 since the Ministry of Health was able to confirm that six more people, who died between April 25, 2021, and May 6, 2021, were COVID-positive. On Saturday morning, the Health Ministry…

Police are investigating the armed robbery of two employees of Massy Distribution, which occurred on Saturday morning at Grove, East Bank Demerara, Police Headquarters in a statement noted that Rondell Downes and Lorenzo Sewchand were…

Police are on the hunt for four men, who kicked down the front door of two Craig, East Bank Demerara, residents and robbed them of cash and jewellery. Police Headquarters, in a statement, noted that Zahir Narine and Bibi Khan of Second…

A 17-year-old boy is at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing two gunshot wounds after he was shot during a scuffle with a policeman in the vicinity of Dennis Street and ‘D’ Field Access Road, Sophia, Greater Georgetown on Friday.…

The Queen’s College Old Students’ Association (Guyana) (QC-OSA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 6, 2021, via the Zoom Online Platform. As part of the business of the AGM, elections were held for the executive body of the…

Three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on Friday, taking the country’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 317. The latest fatalities are: one female, 68-year-old from Region 5 (Mahaica-Berbice); two males, a 34…