Collaborative, focus driven approach needed to tackle child abuse – Minister Persaud

A centralized database at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Headquarters will be established shortly to obtain reliable data for the development...

Miner, 29, drowns at Kumung Kumung Backdam

Police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old miner of Sand Creek Village, South Rupununi, Region 9. The tragedy occurred about 11:30hrs last Sunday...

Ministry seeks to strengthen partnership with Police Force with more focus on children’s safety

In a bid to strengthen collaboration between the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Minister, Dr. Vindhya...

COVID-19: Minister says increasing deaths, infections are indicators of variants, but no confirmation received

Increase in deaths and infections are indicators of the presence of a COVID-19 variant or variants in Guyana, but no formal confirmation has been...

COVID-19: More than 420 new infections recorded; active cases now over 6,200

Guyana has recorded an additional 425 cases of COVID-19, taking the number of active cases in the country to over 6,200, Health Minister, Dr...

COVID-19 Update: Death toll now 1,075 with two more fatalities; 1,000 new cases recorded

Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...

Suspect arrested for gun butting, firing shots at man at Parika

  Police have arrested a male suspect after it was reported that he allegedly gun-butted another and fired several shots at the injured man about...

Venezuelan woman found buried in shallow grave, husband in custody

  Police in Regional Division Seven are investigating an alleged murder committed on Deissy Antury Perdomo, a Venezuelan national who is a clothes vendor at...

Rain for remainder of the year – Hydromet Service predicts

The National Flood Monitoring Taskforce, led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips, convened yesterday to assess current flooding in Regions 1, 7, and 10. The senior...

Kato, Monkey Mountain farmers benefit from $32M in equipment to boost agriculture 

Through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Rural Agriculture Infrastructure Development Project (RAID), farmers from the villages of Kato and Monkey Mountain in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni)...

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