Every person who has received permission from the Sea and River Defense Board to vend on the Kitty Seawall will continue to vend. This was reemphasised on Wednesday by Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, during a planned meeting with the vendors at the seawall. Minister Edghill said any misinformation…
A 27-year-old man is now dead and a woman is hospitalised after the car in which they were travelling was involved in an accident on the Farm Public Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) on Wednesday. Dead is Derek Kisoon, 27 of Tuschen, EBE. Kisoon was the driver of motor car,…
A man who Police Headquarters said is a vagrant was shot outside the Lambada Bar along the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Monday last. “Raj Mohammed, who is reportedly a vagrant, was shot in his left leg,” the police said. Inquiries revealed that at about 11:45 hrs, the…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Known more for his batting exploits, Raymond Perez picked up a hat-trick and his teammate Kwesi Mickle made telling contributions with bat and ball in Essequibo Anacondas’ six-wicket victory over Berbice Piranhas on day two of the inaugural Guyana T10 Blast. In the second match of…
Though thousands have already been distributed, another 1,000 persons on Wednesday received their house lots on the East Coast of Demerara as the Ministry of Housing and Water ramps up its ‘Dream Realised’ initiative. The house lots were allocated in the areas of Non Pariel-Phase 2 and Enterprise-Phase 2. The…
Twenty indigenous communities are now supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce in building community enterprises across the country. This was revealed by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, while delivering a speech at the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development in Grenada on Tuesday. The…
PMD Offshore Limited, a Ghanaian dry docking and ship repair entity and Guyana Port Inc, a ship repair and dry-docking entity in Guyana have formed Demerara Docks Inc, a joint venture company that will build a new world-class and state-of-the-art ship repair and maintenance facility in Guyana. When fully operational,…
Days after he was arrested, a 53-year-old taxi driver was on Wednesday remanded to prison after he denied having 22 kilograms of cannabis in his possession. Eusi Wilson, a resident of Edinburg, East Bank Berbice appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded not…
In a bid to ensure early diagnosis and increase compliance among miners and loggers, the Ministry of Health on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to tackle the mosquito-borne disease malaria. The agreement was inked between the Ministry of Labour and a host of mining organisations including the Guyana…
See the full statement issued below: The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has observed a concerning trend in the occupancy of bed space within its facilities. Over recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of patients who, having received medical services and been discharged, continue to…
