THE Ministry of Health announced on Monday that the United States-made Pfizer vaccine is now available as a booster for persons who took the Russian Sputnik V as a primary vaccine. When the ministry began its booster regimen late last year, persons who took two doses of the Sputnik V were advised to take the…

BUSINESSMAN Kurtland Damon, called ‘Carto’ or ‘Bullet,’ who recently surrendered to police, was on Monday charged with the Christmas Eve double murder at Nassano Landing, North West District. The 50-year-old Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident, appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to plead to two counts of…

THE Ministry of Public Works has ended the year 2021 on a high note, having been able to complete 85 per cent of its budgeted capital projects, according to subject minister, Bishop Juan Edghill. The minister, in making this disclosure at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC) on Monday, stated that the completed projects had…

THE Ministry of Education has reported that 74 per cent of its teachers reported for work and delivered their lessons on Monday, despite calls from the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to stay away from classes by observing what it called ‘Isolation Day’. “This figure represents 84 per cent of the schools for which the ministry…

REHABILITATION works on the Retrieve hard court are moving apace, and are on schedule to be completed by January month end. This is according to Region 10’s Regional Chairman, Deron Adams, who, on Monday provided the Guyana Chronicle with an update on the project. He explained that work is being done on the bleachers, walkway,…

ANOTHER member of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNC/R) has resigned. This time it is former Member of Parliament and former minister of government, Simona Broomes. It was only a few months ago that reports of Broomes’ resignation surfaced; however, she vehemently denied the online article. Similar news has resurfaced, but this time around Broomes has…

–Minister Edghill says THE deadline for completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project has been extended to June 20, 2022, to facilitate additional works which started last year after the government engaged the contracting firm, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). In December 2020, after four months of resisting the government’s request to…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali has talked up partnerships with neighbouring Brazil in the oil and gas industry and in bauxite mining ahead of the visit of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, carded for later this month. The two Presidents engaged via teleconference on Monday, according to a release from the Office of the President. And during…

PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has told the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro that Guyana wants to have a very strong strategic partnership with its Portuguese-speaking neighbours. The two leaders, who communicated via teleconferencing, also discussed the agenda for the proposed visit of President Bolsonaro to Georgetown later this month. “We have a number of important…

Police have arrested three men – ages 22, 23, 31, in connection with the armed robbery of a Brazilian national which occurred on Sunday afternoon along the Puruni trail in Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region Seven. Police said the same men are also being investigated in relation to other armed robberies. According to the police report, on Sunday…