Police in the wee hours of Saturday arrested a man and seized a .40 Glock pistol and three matching rounds. Police said the ranks went to the 31-year-old man’s Company Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara home at around 04:25hrs after a report was made that he discharged a loaded firearm at a 28-year-old female just…
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Saturday spearheaded the distribution of the government’s one-off grant of $250,000 to severed sugar workers at the Enmore Estate on the East Coast of Demerara and the Wales Sugar Estate on the West Bank of Demerara. He was joined by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha. The grant, which was…
One woman, age 76, of Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) died from COVID-19, increasing the country’s total deaths to 1,017. The Ministry of Health reported on Saturday that the woman was unvaccinated; she died on December 10. With this death, December’s death toll has increased to 17. Meanwhile, Guyana has recorded a total of…
Guyana has once again exceeded the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) standards of water quality, this time at the Sheet Anchor Water Treatment Plant in East-Corentyne Berbice, Region Six. The US$6 million plant was today commissioned by President Irfaan Ali, who initiated this project back when he was the Minister of Housing and Water in 2015.…
When you live 4,500 straight miles away, you clutch at anything that gives you a sense of home – the music, the food, and yes, the gyaff with a good GT posse. And all of it was available this Saturday at the Johmard Community Centre in Colliers Wood, London. A section of Bourda Bazaar For…
Less than three weeks after longstanding PNCR member and Former Attorney General, Basil Williams accepted the nomination to contest for the position of Leader of the PNC and boasted of his more than 20 years of unbroken service to the party, he has pulled out of the contest. In a statement early this morning, Williams…
Guyana will be looking to Ghana for guidance as the government moves towards establishing a Gas Master Plan (GMP) to develop the million-billion dollar gas-to-shore project. This is according to Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, who at the sidelines of an event on Thursday evening noted that collaboration in this area is as a…
Guyana will be looking to Ghana for guidance as the government moves towards establishing a Gas Master Plan (GMP) to develop the million-billion dollar gas-to-shore project. This is according to Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, who at the sidelines of an event on Thursday evening noted that collaboration in this area is as a…
Guyana will be looking to Ghana for guidance as the government moves towards establishing a Gas Master Plan (GMP) to develop the million-billion dollar gas-to-shore project. This is according to Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, who at the sidelines of an event on Thursday evening noted that collaboration in this area is as a…
AS the holiday season rapidly approaches and crowds of shoppers grow, the potential of the spread of COVID-19 at a disturbing pace is real and Guyanese are advised to get vaccinated and not let their guard down, as many persons are still seen wearing their mask improperly. This is according to Region Three Coordinator for…
