Two persons were infected with the COVID-19 disease in the last 24 hours after 81 tests were conducted. The Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard on Monday showed that these new infections increased the overall number of cases to 71, 102. The new cases were recorded in Region Three (one case) and Region Four (one…
A 30-year-old labourer of La Penitence, Georgetown, was on Monday granted bail after he denied robbing a man at Plaisance market, East Coast Demerara. According to the police, Raphael Hintzen, who was accused of robbing a man back in July, was arrested on September 2, 2022. He was later arraigned at the Sparendaam Magistrate Court…
President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Mark Lyte has promised to take sterner action in the new school year to ensure that issues related to the nation’s teachers are addressed. In a video statement on the reopening of schools for full time face to face classes today, the GTU President said for too long,…
A 24-year-old man was charged with the murder of Selmon King, a logger of Wairuni, Berbice River. Corwin Walker, a farmer of Kimbia, Upper Berbice River appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court on Monday. He was not required to plea to the charge and was remanded to prison until October 24,…
With the price of crude oil remaining high internationally, Guyana is projected to earn US$1.1B in revenue from the sale of its share of profit oil, and US$147.7M in royalties by the end of 2022, the Ministry of Finance said in its Mid-Year Report. Initially, the Finance Ministry had projected that by the end of…
PAST President of the Disabled Person Network, Mark Archibald, a 55-year-old resident of Region Five, and nine others will soon receive the keys to homes that are being built for them by Food for the Poor (FFTP) Guyana Inc. Following the announcement, an elated Archibald thanked the organisation for selecting him. He said that he…
Predicting that President Irfaan Ali will call General and Regional Elections long before 2025, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton believes that the Opposition needs to be mobilised since he is of the view that the Opposition would be victorious at the elections. “We will continue to campaign until they call the elections, and we guarantee, when…
TRAFFIC on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) was halted following an accident early Sunday morning, but resumed hours after engineers and technical staff of the bridge sprang into action to complete needed repair works. According to a release, the team had to repair Retractor Span Nine after a passing vessel hit the edge of it…
Three students from the Anna Regina Multilateral School have snagged the highest number of grade ones at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examinations and appear to be in the running for the top performer prize. In releasing preliminary results today, the Ministry of Education announced that Ramool Baboolall of the Anna Regina Multilateral School wrote…
A 42-year-old man has died after being hit by a car in the vicinity of the Blankenburg Nursery School, West Coast Demerara, on Saturday night. The Guyana Police Force in a press release said that they are investigating the hit-and-run accident that caused the death of Azaad Khan, 42, of Lot ‘S’ Blankenburg, West Coast…
