Last Updated on Sunday, 3 January 2021, 18:32 by Writer The University of Guyana (UG) has rejected persistent claims that its Vice Chancellor Professor Paloma Mohammed-Martin’s appointment was not above board and that two of her deputies were elevated to professors. In clear reference to a letter published in the pro-government Guyana Times, the university chided the media for failing ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 January 2021, 9:39 by Denis Chabrol A 25-year old woman, who owns a very small business, on Saturday lost her house and other possessions to fire while she was about to order bread and pastries to sell, police said. She is Anneve Knights who resided at North Haslington, East Coast Demerara. Police said she and ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 January 2021, 9:25 by Denis Chabrol Two persons have died in a head-on collision on the Skeldon Line Path Public Road, Corentyne. They are 26-year old Thurman Megnat and 36-year old Nimrod Persaud, both of Line Path. At the time of the accident 6:30 PM Saturday, Megnat was the driver of one of the cars ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 January 2021, 7:24 by Denis Chabrol A clothing vendor of Commerce Street, Georgetown and Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown was shot dead New Year’s evening where he plied his trade, police said. His is the first reported killing for 2021 reported by the Guyana Police Force He has been identified as 32-year old Paul Anthony “Blacka” ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 January 2021, 21:29 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s weather forecasters are warning coastal and riverine residents that they could experience flooding and wind damage to structures due to unstable weather conditions. The Hydrometeorological Department of Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture on Friday night warned that  the highest waves, in excess of 3.5 metres (9 feet – 11 ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 January 2021, 20:37 by Denis Chabrol Guyana ended last year with 2.5 percent COVID-19 deaths and 92 percent recoveries, according to figures released Friday by the Ministry of Health. Actual figures show there were 164 coronavirus-related deaths and 5,868 of the 6,348 infected persons recovered from the virus. Infected persons during last year totaled 16.5 percent ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 January 2021, 13:31 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon have cited the need to include all in Guyana’s development as the country enters 2021. The Guyanese leader, in apparent reference to Guyana’s expected increase in revenues as more oil wells are exploited, said the “bounty of our nation” must be ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 January 2021, 13:32 by Denis Chabrol Several families of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara  was Friday morning scrubbing their yards and lower flats from thick sediment left behind from flood waters due to a breached river defence. The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said flood relief hampers were distributed Friday morning to affected households who have ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 January 2021, 12:52 by Denis Chabrol A man was hospitalised as a result of an accident on New Year’s Day, 2021. Police say that at about 3:30 Friday morning that Daniel Austin of  Joseph Pollydore (D’urban) Street, Lodge is hospitalised in a critical but stable condition. He received injuries to his fractured right wrist, multiple ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 January 2021, 12:47 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh said the GYD$2 billion cash-grant for the estimated 60,000 government employees is aimed at triggering greater economic activity. “The one-off grant not only forms part of Government’s many other initiatives designed to bring relief to frontline workers and to households across Guyana, but ...