–as authorities continue to engage, support local miners SHOULD the conditions in the mining sector remain significantly unchanged, gold declarations would reach 154,500 ounces for the first quarter of 2021, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has said. Based on available statistics, in Guyana, gold contributes 11 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),…

Police are on the hunt for two male suspects who reportedly relieved a minibus driver of his cellphone and cash as he was picking up passengers from the Ogle seawall, East Coast Demerara. Reports are that the incident occurred on Saturday at around 22:30 hrs. The bus driver, Garsran Ramdat, told police that he was…

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has intervened to ease the tension between the state-owned sugar company, GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union. Sugar workers have been agitating for an increase in wages and salaries dating back to 2019. They have also been pressing for the sugar company to restart negotiations with the union…

— five students from Saraswati Vidya Nikitan among top 10 at CSEC AFTER seven long months of waiting, Queen’s College’s Bhedesh Persaud was, on Friday, officially named Guyana’s top student at the 2020 round of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations after he attained 22 Grade Ones and one Grade Two. With 14 Grade…

By Vishani Ragobeer Facing the onslaught of 23 pace deliveries from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), top order batsman, and Queen’s College student, Bhedesh Persaud scored 22 Grade One passes and One Grade Two pass. While there was no ‘Man of the Match’ accolade in this match-up, he emerged as the ‘Best performing CSEC student’…

Guyana today recorded its highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases since the pandemic was confirmed in the country year ago. The Ministry of Health this afternoon revealed that 214 new cases of the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours. All ten administrative regions have recorded new cases. Regions Four and Three…

— hundreds of jobs to be created, says Go-Invest CEO CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) for Go-Invest, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, has assured members of the business communities, regional officials and members of the youth organisations that Go-Invest has a massive plan for the Pomeroon-Supenaam region. He was at the time speaking at the State House building…

By Vishani Ragobeer Over the past five years, Guyana has seen a nearly 50 per cent increase in the number of malaria cases recorded locally, according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, who noted that strategies to aid with the reduction of infection are being rolled out. “We have been working on reducing malaria…

Three more Coronavirus related deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll to 277. Since the start of April, Guyana has recorded 44 deaths. April is now tied with last October for recording the most COVID-19 related deaths in a single month. More men are dying from the virus than…

— as IDB approves infrastructural projects worth $890M for community ENHANCED roads, pavements, street lights and drainage networks are in line for La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank of Demerara (WBD), as the Inter-American Development (IDB) has given its no-objection for the Government of Guyana to proceed with projects valuing $890 million. This was disclosed by…