Guyana

OVER 145,000 outpatient visits and 18,500 inpatient admissions have been recorded since the commissioning of six regional hospital across Guyana.  President Dr. Irfaan Ali, during a press conference on Tuesday, said the facilities located at De Kinderen (Region Three), Diamond (Region Four), Enmore (Region Four), Number 75 (Region Six) and Bath (Region […]

–national-grid generation now stands at 266.3MW   THE government has stepped up efforts to address a growing power-supply gap in Region 10, where electricity demand has risen to 15.1 megawatts (MW), exceeding the 14 MW. Providing an update on the national grid, Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar on Monday said the government

SIGMA Engineers Ltd Inc., a Bangladesh-founded engineering firm operating in Guyana, has issued a strongly worded public statement rejecting recent allegations made against the company by Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed, and says it has retained legal counsel with a view to pursuing legal action. In the statement, the company said it has taken

–Human Services Minister says teams remain on the ground across eight affected regions MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, has said that around 75 social workers, counsellors and psychologists have been deployed across the country to provide psychosocial support to families, survivors and others affected by the MV Barima […]

THE Ministry of Education is set to release the preliminary results of the 2026 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations today, providing the first indication of how Guyana’s candidates performed in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) […]

A CHINESE man, Zeng Huaqing, was further remanded to prison last Friday after he was charged with causing the death of 21-year-old motorcyclist Christopher Thomas by dangerous driving. Huaqing, 39, of the CRBC Construction Camp, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, had been charged about a week earlier with four other traffic offences stemming from the […]

MISSION ShakthiSAT is an ambitious all-girl satellite and space technology initiative led by Chennai-based Space Kidz India, founded by Dr. Srimathy Kesan. Launched on January 16, 2025, the initiative brings together 12,000 girls between the ages of 14 and 18 from 108 countries, with the vision of empowering young women across the globe through the

GUYANA’S new Digital Identity (Digital ID) card is unlikely to replace the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) identification card in the short to medium term, according to Data Protection Commissioner Aneal Giddings. Giddings made the disclosure during a recent interview with the Guyana Chronicle, during which he discussed the rollout of the Digital […]

A SEPARATE contract for a 75-megawatt (MW) powership operating in the Demerara River is expected to end later this year, with any decision on its future to be guided by the progress of the government’s gas-to-energy project. Meanwhile, the government has extended by two years the contract for a 36MW powership stationed in the Berbice

THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is facing one of the most serious institutional controversies in its relatively young history. Leaked internal emails, allegations concerning the conduct of its President, Justice Winston Anderson, questions about judicial panel composition and claims of possible interference in the preparation of judgments have created […]

Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Sébastien Sigouin, on Monday paid a farewell courtesy call on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Hugh Hilton Todd, bringing his two-year tour of duty in Guyana to an end. The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry said in a social media post that Sigouin met with Todd on Monday. […]

The 30-year-old pork knocker from Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden, who illegally had a firearm and ammunition in his possession in the vicinity of Dakoura Creek, Wismar, Linden, was arrested pending investigations. Police stated that on Sunday, at about 13:15h, ranks were conducting mobile patrols in the area when they observed the pork knocker acting in […]

Senior Petroleum Coordinator at the Natural Resources Ministry, Bobby Gossai Jr, has underscored the importance of sustainability in managing the country’s oil and gas resources, noting that every approval granted within the industry takes environmental safeguards into account. He made the remarks during a recent episode of the Energy Perspectives […]

A Sustainable Thinking Scotland (STS) team has spent three weeks at Highgrove and Dumfries House in Scotland receiving training in joinery and sustainable development as part of its collaboration with the King’s Foundation. The training is intended to strengthen the group’s capacity to work with forest materials and develop products from resources […]

A 38-year-old businessman of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was on Saturday taken into custody for allegedly threatening to shoot a construction worker during an argument. Police stated that a 28-year-old construction worker of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), was driving a motor vehicle along the Pouderoyen Public Road, WBD when he came across […]