RESIDENTS of Five Miles, Bartica, Region Seven, will soon access potable water in their homes for the first time, as the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) moves to procure a $30 million water booster pump. Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, related this plan to residents during an outreach in Bartica on Monday. He subsequently…
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is convinced that the cocaine which was found in a rum shipment from Guyana in The Netherlands, was placed in the shipment after it left Guyana. More than 1100 pounds of cocaine was found in the container of rum that originated in Guyana. However, the shipment made two stops for…
EIGHT years after the Mash Day killing of Enterprise businessman, Kumar Mohabir, his killer, Devon Thomas, was, on Wednesday, sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crime. In October, Thomas was indicted for murder but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, which was accepted by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara…
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is convinced that the cocaine which was found in a rum shipment from Guyana in The Netherlands, was placed in the shipment after it left Guyana. More than 1100 pounds of cocaine was found in the container of rum that originated in Guyana. However, the shipment made two stops for…
–Health Minister warns against persons becoming complacent amid the pandemic MINISTER of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has confirmed that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Guyana. He said that this was found after 50 samples were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and Tobago for genomic sequencing. “We…
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is convinced that the cocaine which was found in a rum shipment from Guyana in The Netherlands, was placed in the shipment after it left Guyana. More than 1100 pounds of cocaine was found in the container of rum that originated in Guyana. However, the shipment made two stops for…
–total cases surpass 9,000, with new infections totaling 71 this year EVEN as the fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rages on, Guyana has managed to stay one step ahead of the global epidemic by investing in systems that have allowed 94 per cent of the persons living with the virus to know their…
Increasing the private sector minimum wage has been a heavily ventilated topic but movement is yet to be made on this front, initially stalled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the Ministry of Labour is still awaiting a review of the private sector’s recovery rate from the pandemic that is still affecting key…
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is convinced that the cocaine which was found in a rum shipment from Guyana in The Netherlands, was placed in the shipment after it left Guyana. More than 1100 pounds of cocaine was found in the container of rum that originated in Guyana. However, the shipment made two stops for…
THE race to name Guyana’s next Chief Elections Officer (CEO) was narrowed down to two candidates as Vishnu Persaud and Leslie Harrow, both with experience in electoral bodies, have been named as the final two top candidates by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following its meeting last Wednesday. GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj told the Guyana…
