A new hospital being constructed at New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) will also be a training hospital run in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI). “We have just concluded the arrangement where the UWI School of Medicine will be our education partner here in Berbice,…
Rain prevented play for a second consecutive day in the first round match of the West Indies Four-Day Championship between Guyana Harpy Eagles and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Conaree Sports Club in St. Kitts on Friday. Like Thursday, the players were kept indoors on day three. Red…
After a week of strike action from some teachers across the country, President Dr. Irfaan Ali posited that the government will create the region’s “best welfare package” for these workers but he urged them to be patient. The President addressed the teachers’ strike at Friday’s commissioning ceremony of the new…
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Thursday arrested two foreign nationals in connection with the discovery of cocaine and marijuana. CANU noted that its officers were conducting a follow-up investigation in the Cornelia Ida Housing Scheme area, West Coast Demerara and while searching a residence, they found 518…
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Thursday arrested a resident of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara with a quantity of cocaine. A press release from CANU noted that its officers were conducting an intelligence-led operation on the Cornelia Ida Public Road when they intercepted a vehicle. A subsequent…
Spurred on by brilliant individual performances from four players, Demerara inflicted a huge 185-run defeat on Essequibo in the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Senior Female Inter-County 50-over competition on Friday. Playing at the Malteenoes Sports Club on Thomas Lands in Georgetown, Demerara controlled the contest for the…
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday arrested Rohan ‘Sauce’ Rambarran of Eccles Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara in connection with the discovery of cannabis and ammunition. A press release from CANU noted that its ranks conducted an operation in Eccles when they intercepted a motor vehicle driven…
(Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corp.’s exploratory drilling off the coast of Guyana will be “well south” of the disputed territory that Venezuela claims as its own, according to a senior company executive. Venezuela’s maritime claim rests along a “projected” 70-degree line out to sea from Punta Playa on the border with Guyana,…
Police have arrested a man of unsound mind who allegedly set a fire that destroyed four houses at West 1/2 Y Squatting Area, Container City, Georgetown on Thursday morning. The Guyana Fire Service said the fire engulfed multiple structures within the vicinity, causing extensive damage and leaving families displaced. Part…
Breast, prostate and cervical cancers account for the largest number of cancer deaths locally but Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony says more men are dying from prostate cancer. “When we actually look at the latest report in terms of mortality, more people die from prostate cancer (when compared to…
