THE Ministry of Housing and Water is currently executing a series of infrastructural works totalling $14 billion, according to subject minister, Collin Croal. In a brief interview with the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday, the minister explained that the works were mainly being executed as a means of enhancing about 18 to 22 new and existing…
An additional three persons, who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, the Ministry of Health reported in a statement on Monday. This takes the country’s death toll from the virus to 530. The ministry noted that the latest fatalities were all admitted at medical institutions with COVID-19 symptoms, but died while receiving care. Samples taken…
General Secretary of the Alliance for Change (AFC) David Patterson has announced that the party is gearing up to host its biennial delegates congress to elect new leadership. The last AFC congress was held in July 2019 and was slated to be hosted at the end of this month. However, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
SET to come on stream in 2024, ExxonMobil’s Payara project will bring with it not only the natural bounties which lie below the seabed offshore Guyana, but also new and industry-leading technologies such as the fibre-optic sensing system, which was developed by Halliburton and TechnipFMC. According to a joint statement from TechnipFMC and Halliburton, the…
An additional four persons, who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, the Ministry of Health reported in a statement on Sunday. This takes the country’s death toll from the virus to 527. The ministry noted that the latest fatalities were all admitted at medical institutions with COVID-19 symptoms, but died while receiving care. Samples taken…
The government is assessing new ways to increase vaccination, while cautiously reopening, according to President Irfaan Ali. Among the proposals being examined is for social gatherings and special venues to only allow fully vaccinated persons. “So, if you want to go to Palm Court, you want to go to the movies, you want to go…
–gov’t seeking proposals for initiative, in pursuit of 2025 completion THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government is moving ahead to restart the Amaila Falls hydro-power project. On Friday evening, the Office of the Prime Minister issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to design, build and finance the project. In a notice published Online, the government…
The Ministry of Health is reporting 240 new COVID-19 cases along with five additional COVID-19 deaths. The new cases take the total number of confirmed cases to 22, 090, while the death toll is now 523. The five latest fatalities were all admitted at medical institutions with COVID-19 symptoms but died while receiving care. A…
Almost two months after they were remanded to jail on cocaine trafficking charges, the two Brazilian pilots who were busted with a plane packed with cocaine have been granted bail in the sum of $3 Million each. Back in May, the two men Andre Perreira and Salim De Almiser were arrested after they made an…
SIX unidentifiable men, two armed with hand guns on three XR motorcycles, on Friday afternoon, robbed a 39-year-old woman of $2M at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Police said that the suspects are still at large. Reports indicated that on Friday, about 14:38hrs, the victim uplifted the $2M cash from the head office of her place…
