There are two patients receiving critical care in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the Ministry of Health reported in its daily COVID-19 dashboard on Monday. Additionally, three more people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases recorded locally to 63,586. Importantly, no additional deaths were recorded; as such,…
The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) will soon launch a programme targeting ‘vulnerable parents’ as part of efforts to reduce child abuse and exploitation. Director of the agency, Ann Greene told the News Room on Monday that the ‘Keeping Children Safe’ programme will focus on helping and training vulnerable parents in parenting and equipping them…
Since Guyana’s telecommunications sector’s liberalisation in October 2020, E-Networks Inc. – the only locally owned telecommunications service provider – has massively expanded its network to bring better services to more people. Within 18 months, the provider has extended its fiber optic backbone to Berbice, Linden, and Essequibo, with the first-ever submarine fiber optic cable to…
As a result of a series of overpayments dating back to 2010, the State continues to be owed millions of dollars by contractors in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) who benefited from these lapses and are yet to repay the money. Holding someone accountable has also been complicated as those responsible for signing off on…
Several squatters, who have taken up residence at one section of Amelia’s Ward in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice), will receive housing units or house lots as the Housing Ministry proceeds with plans to develop a new scheme in the community. On Sunday, videos on social media showed that some structures erected by squatters…
Dellon Kenroy Jacobs, the 21-year-old painter of Lichfield, West Coast Berbice who lost his life after plunging into a creek on the Linden Soesdyke Highway, was revived by public-spirited persons when he was pulled from the creek. This is according to his friend, Maria Surajlall who spoke with the News Room on Monday. Surajlall told the…
Almost 300 hundred participants, including regional businesses and organisations, along with investors from across the world have, already registered and will converge in Georgetown next week for the first-ever Agri – Investment Forum and Expo. The event will be held at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC) from May 19 to 21, 2022. Dubbed a…
The Governments of Guyana and Saudi Arabia today signed an Air Services Agreement to promote and facilitate the expansion of international air services opportunities between the two countries. The Agreement was signed today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Minister of Transport and Logistic Services of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser and…
A 35-year-old woman was granted $520,000 bail when she appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence (DUI), Police Headquarters reported. Khamwattie Mangar Karpen was not required to plea to the causing death charge and was placed on $500,000 bail. As it relates…
Although the number of COVID-19 cases remains low in Guyana, there have been some cases of persons experiencing cases of long COVID. In cases of long COVID, someone can experience symptoms of the virus for several weeks or even months. During his COVID-19 update today, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony said training programmes will…
