CDC Director-General appointed Vice-Chairman of the Association of Caribbean States’ Disaster Risk Reduction Committee
Director-General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, was recently appointed as a Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee on Disaster Risk...
Guyana, Suriname ink agreements to develop Agri., Health sectors
To enhance the performance of their agriculture and health sectors, Ministers from Suriname and Guyana signed two key agreements at the Arthur Chung Convention...
Discussions aimed at creating economic prosperity, improved relations between Guyana, Suriname – President Ali
Guyana's President, Dr Irfaan Ali last evening said that over the last two days the discussions with the President of Suriname and his delegation...
Pfizer vaccines will arrive in time for the reopening of schools ─ Minister Anthony
Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony says that doses of the Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Guyana in time for students to return to school...
Police destroy over $26M in ganja at DeVeldt, Gaetroy
Police yesterday eradicated two ganja farms at DeVeldt and Gaetroy, Berbice River.
At DeVeldt, a farm of about 6000 plants ranging from three and five...
Gunmen rob Kitty goldsmith, customers of jewelry, cash
Gunmen yesterday robbed a Kitty, Georgetown goldsmith and his customers of jewelry, cash, and other items, amounting to millions of dollars.
According to police report,...
Woman, 23, arrested for trying to pass ganja in papayas into N/A prison
A 23-year-old woman was arrested yesterday after she was caught trying to pass ganja stashed in papayas into the New Amsterdam Prison.
Police say that...
Man found with gun, ammo at hotel
A 48-year-old man was arrested last night after he was found with a gun and matching rounds at a City hotel.
Acting on information received,...
Guyanese miner to invest $620M in quarry project poised for 2022 start-up
Lorenzo Alphonso, an avid Guyanese developer with a number of mining interests, is proposing to make a whopping $620M investment in a quarry project...
Five more die of COVID-19; death toll is 587
Five more persons have lost their lives to the novel-coronavirus, taking the death count to 587.
According to the Health Ministry, these patients were admitted...
