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Ministry denies students being forced to take COVID-19 vaccine at New Amsterdam Nursing School

The Ministry of Health is refuting claims made by a Member of Parliament on social media that Nursing Students at...

Oil is king of exports for first quarter; gold & forestry perform poorly –Central...

Guyana’s booming oil sector continues to be the supreme leader of exports based on the statistics of Central Bank for...

COVID-19 Update: Two more die; 98 new cases reported

The death of two more COVID-19 patients has now taken Guyana's death toll to 376. The latest fatalities are a 62-year-old...

COVID-19: 12% of adult population fully vaccinated; Ministry mulls more ‘drive-thru’ initiatives

Some 191,151 persons have since received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This amounts to 39.3% of the adult...

Harmon chides gov’t for the reimposition of tax on soaps

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has taken umbrage to the reimposition of 40% Common External Tariff (CET) on various soaps, including...

10lbs of ganja found in minibus at Fort Wellington

Yesterday, about 18:57hrs, acting on information, police stopped minibus #BYY5866 containing 10 passengers and a driver in front of the...

Brazilian nationals remanded over cocaine found in plane

Two Brazilian nationals were today remanded to prison for trafficking 453 kilograms of cocaine and entering Guyana illegally. 65-year-old Salim Nobrega...

CJ rules that SoPs should be released to Police, DPP for criminal cases

Chief Justice (ag) Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, SC, today ruled that the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Suenna Lovell, can release...

Six fatalities added to COVID-19 death count

The Ministry of Health (MOH) informs that six deaths have been added to Guyana's total count of COVID-19 related fatalities. The...

GO-Invest launches initiative to open 55 areas for investment

As Guyana celebrates its 55th Independence anniversary, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) has launched an initiative calling for investment...

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