While the country continues to see a decline in new and active COVID-19 cases, which Health officials believe is a result of the vaccination campaign, there is still concern that the country can regress as a result of vaccine hesitancy in some areas. Health Authorities are particularly worried about the situation in Regions Two, Eight,…
Construction has started in India on the massive US $12.7 million ferry that is expected to ply the Georgetown to North-West route, according to a press release from the Indian High Commission in Guyana. The High Commission stated that a delegation from the Transport and Harbours Department of Guyana’s Ministry of Public Works visited Kolkata,…
The driver of the Canter truck which veered out of its lane and collided head-on with a car, killing a pregnant woman and her husband, was charged with causing the death of the two persons by dangerous driving. 50-year-old, Carl Craig of Public Road, Soesdyke appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond Magistrates’…
Two elderly women, age 93 and 71, have died from COVID-19, taking the country’s death toll to 979 since the first case was confirmed in March 2020. November’s death toll has now increased to 49; both women were from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). The 71-year-old was fully vaccinated and she died on November 11 while…
The Alliance For Change which is part of the APNU+AFC opposition coalition, today knocked the government as “heartless” towards Public servants with its imposition of a 7% salary increase for the past two years. During a press conference, today, AFC Executive and Member of Parliament Cathy Hughes said the government was keen in its move…
THE Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School located at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle, East Coast Demerara, on Monday, became the first local organisation to transfer its ISO 9001 certification to the Global Compliance Service (GCS). The school was certified by the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards in July 2006,…
MAGISTRATE Dylon Bess, on Monday, released a 40-year-old man on a total of $60,000 bail after he appeared before him on six charges including assaulting a police officer and damaging his uniform. Jason Roberts of Princess Street, Georgetown was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Particulars of the…
A 19-year-old Berbice resident was on Monday committed to stand trial at the Berbice High Court for unlawfully killing his father with a cutlass during an altercation. Rashane Joseph, called “John Crow,” was committed by Magistrate Peter Hugh, who presided over the preliminary inquiry (PI) at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Hugh ruled that there…
EVER since Guyana sold its first 1,000,000 (one million) barrels of crude in February 2020 for GY$11.5 billion, the petroleum industry has raked in as much as GY$440 billion; this represents GY$57 billion more than the national 2021 budget. An analysis done by OilNow shows that since 2016, the burgeoning oil-and-gas sector has contributed more…
— sale of carbon credits will finance LCDS initiatives, according to draft document THE ambitious initiatives set out in Guyana’s recently launched and expanded Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, will be funded from money earned from the sale of carbon credits. The sale is one initiative outlined in the draft document. Just how much…
