See the full statement from the Alliance for Change below:   Former Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and Member of Parliament to the 12th Parliament of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Mr Raphael Trotman, leaves the parliament next week. In a release today, the AFC said Mr Trotman had indicated before the staging…

The Ministry of Education this afternoon signed a $556.9 Million contract for the reconstruction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School. A large section of the school was completely gutted by fire in June, 2021. The contract has been awarded to Kares Engineering with the project consultancy going to engineer Marcel Gaskin. Minister of Education Priya…

WHEN schools reopen on September 5, the 421 students who were displaced as a result of the fire at the St. George’s High School will be attending new schools. This is according to the Ministry of Education’s Public Relations Officer Murtland Haley, who told the Guyana Chronicle on Wednesday that schools were assigned after parents…

47 new COVID-19 infections were recorded within a 24hrs period after 451 tests were conducted. With these new infections, the overall number of cases increased to 70, 888. The new cases were recorded in Region Two (two cases), Region Three (one case), Region Four (24 cases) and Region Seven (20 cases). There are two patients…

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Wednesday night confirmed that a Guyana Defence Force aircraft carrying President Irfaan Ali and Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley was involved in an incident after safely landing at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle. In its statement, the Aviation Authority said the GDF Skyvan was taxing very…

A high-level team compromising President Irfaan Ali, Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat, and Projects Director at the President’s office, Marcia Nadir-Sharma, were given a guided tour of the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel on Tuesday.   President Ali engaged workers, including Guyanese staff onboard the vessel. President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair…

There will be no parking along the East Bank Demerara Public Road between the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Peter’s Hall and the National Stadium, Providence during the upcoming Cricket Carnival billed for September 18 to October 02. This forms part of the traffic plan by the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force for the major…

THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®), Guyana’s Education Ministry, and the Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), on Tuesday, hosted a post-stakeholder meeting after concluding the assessment of 34 secondary schools here to offer the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ). This is according to a public statement from the Education Ministry. An overview of the…

Vaccines to treat the global health emergency virus, monkeypox, are expected to be in Guyana by the end of September, according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony. The Health Minister during his health update on Wednesday said the procurement of the vaccines through the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is ongoing. Guyana confirmed its first monkeypox…

PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali told residents of Wakenaam that while the newly commissioned well at Noitgedacht will bring 24-hour access to water, the investment in the infrastructure will also lead to the economic prosperity of families. He said at the commissioning of the new facility, that in order to get Wakenaam and the rest of…