Month: April 2021

Georgetown: Guyana has received another 83,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine Monday morning, pushing the total vaccines received to date over 260,000 doses. During his COVID-19 update, Minister…

Georgetown: Livestock farmer Munilall Sarjoo, 51, also called “Long Hair”, of Number 67 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, who was found guilty of murder last month, is appealing his sentence at the…

Georgetown: During an outreach to the Corentyne on Saturday last, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha visited the Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) Lesbeholden seed paddy facility. It is one of five…

Georgetown: President Dr Irfaan Ali on Monday highlighted the vital, regulatory role of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in ensuring that neither state control of public utilities nor unchecked market…

Georgetown: Vice President (VP), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says local content must be measured by the value of the contracts given to Guyanese firms by oil companies, rather than the amount.…

Georgetown: Advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says the Government is working to vaccinate many persons so that herd immunity can be achieved sometime this year. Herd…

Georgetown: Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips assured residents of Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara, that each household that was missed during the first round of the COVID-19…

Georgetown: Six young women of Region Two are currently participating in a five-month Shade House Cultivation programme in St. Deny’s/Tapakuma village, facilitated by the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial…

Georgetown: Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says Guyana has recorded very low cases of chagas disease, but efforts are being made to eliminate it in Guyana. Chagas disease also…

Georgetown: After receiving reports on Tuesday morning of instances of flooding in a number of households in the vicinity of Alliance Road, Timehri, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, along with a…