Marva Alder, a 69-year-old woman of Wismar Housing Scheme, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) died after the taxi she was travelling in lost one of its tires while driving near Long Creek on the Soesdyke/ Linden highway. Police headquarters reported that the incident occurred on Thursday, at around 19:00 hrs. The car involved in the…
Another 47 people, including 21 men and 26 women, are now infected with the disease COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard issued on Saturday. With these new cases, the total number of infections recorded in Guyana since March 2020 has increased to 69,792. The new cases were recorded in Region One…
Keevin Allicock handed the country a perfect start in its quest to replicate or better Wesley Christmas 1990 bronze medal performance in Auckland, New Zealand, by progressing to the Round-of-16 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. According to a release from the Guyana Olympic Association, Allicock, the first boxer since John Douglas (1996) to feature…
— warns WTO Director General at Africa-Americas Summit THE current situation of concurrent crises threatening global food security make it all the more necessary to guarantee smooth and predictable international food trade, stated international ministers and experts at the Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit on Agricultural and Food Systems. At the roundtable “International and Regional Food Trade”,…
TWO companies, Subsea 7 and Van Oord have been awarded a multimillion dollar contract for the installation of the pipeline for the Gas-to-Energy Project. The contract which was described as “substantial” by Subsea 7 was awarded to the companies from ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL). According to a release from Subsea…
BANKS DIH Limited has reported that its Quality and Food Safety Management System for the Soft Drink Production Plant and Dairy/Novelty Department have been recertified by the International Standards Organisation (ISO). According to a release, the certification which falls into seven categories was issued by certifying company Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited (LRQA) on behalf…
— Agriculture Ministry to train, hire three additional extension staff FARMERS from the riverine community of Manawari in Region One will soon benefit from a number of critical interventions as the government moves toward improving and developing agriculture in hinterland communities. During an outreach to several villages in the Moruca sub-district on Thursday last, Agriculture…
The cause of the fire that destroyed the St George’s High School is still unknown even as the Ministry of Education has already begun to relocate some of the affected students. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle on Friday, Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham confirmed that the investigation into the cause of the fire is still…
The Guyanese delegation arrived in the wee hours of Wednesday in Chennai, India for the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad and Congress 2022. The 10-member team along with their team captain, Davion Mars and the head of the delegation, Jaishree Lam were greeted by the All India Chess Federation and escorted to their hotel. The players,…
Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday took another COVID-19 test and the result returned negative, a statement from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said. The Vice-President never exhibited any symptoms of COVID-19, the release noted.
