The Guyana government said minibus speedboat operators must prove that they are vaccinated, in keeping with the latest COVID-19 guidelines, before they could be allowed to operate. “In order to transport members of the public, every operator and conductor of any public transportation service shall be vaccinated,” state the guidelines that take effect on August 1. Further, the Minister of ...

Owners of casinos, betting shops, cinemas and restaurants will from August 1, 2021 have to ensure that all patrons show proof that they have been vaccinated before they are allowed entry, the latest COVID-19 guidelines published in the Official Gazette state. From August 1, 2021, the guidelines mandate operators of casinos, betting shops and cinemas to ensure that there is ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall maintains that Guyana’s Executive President cannot be brought before the courts in civil and criminal actions, but lawyers for the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday disagreed, saying that President Irfaan Ali was named in his official capacity. After the PSC named Dr. Ali as a respondent in a case against the Police Commissioner’s refusal to ...

Guyanese singer of international acclaim, Mark Holder, died  Thursday morning in Canada after a period of illness, relatives confirmed. He was 74 years old. Holder was recognised as a pioneer of Caribbean music and was well-known for songs such as “Something of Value” and “Hold On To Your First Love”. He had over the decades toured several countries and performed ...

Fire on Thursday morning gutted an apartment building on Fifth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown. Initial reports are that at least two  women have perished in the blaze at 136 Fifth Street. One 0f them was a Cuban and the other a Venezuelan. The apartment building was occupied by mainly Spanish-speaking persons.   Thick grey smoke billowed into the air shortly before ...

The ExxonMobil-led consortium is expected to increase its production from the Liza-1 well after a new flash-gas compressor system is installed during the last quarter of this year, even as the co-venturers prepare to drill more exploration wells in the coming months, Hess Corporation announced on Wednesday. Hess, which  has a 30 percent stake in the Esso Exploration and Production ...

A Britten-Norman Islander plane was Wednesday afternoon  damaged in an incident on the Aricheng runway in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), officials said. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Lt. Col, Egbert Field said the plane belonging to Roraima Airways was involved in a runway excursion during take off at about 4:15 PM. He said no one was injured ...

ExxonMobil  on  Wednesday said it made a discovery at Whiptail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, pushing this country’s resource estimate pass the current amount of 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs. Drilling is also ongoing at the Whiptail-2 well, which has ...

The pro-People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Election Commissioners on Tuesday offered the termination of contracts as an another option for the exit of three top officials of that election management authority, a move the opposition side said it would be studying. Pro-opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Election Commissioner, Vincent Alexander said it is clear that the PPP ...

Region Nine Executive Officer, Karl Singh was Monday sent on leave and he has already been replaced until the investigation into the shooting of a woman in his vehicle is concluded, sources said. Police sources in Lethem have said investigators are awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The law enforcement agency officer said the vehicle in which ...