The European Union (EU) on Friday said it was channeling more than 150,000 Euros (GYD$37 million) to the Guyana Red Cross Society to support people affected by the recent wave of intense floods that has hit communities across the country. The EU says the Guyana Red Cross Society, which is present in all affected districts, will be providing the relief. ...

A distressed mother on Friday recounted that she had always appealed to her two sons to love each other and live as one, in the wake of of one of them killing another on Cummings Street, Georgetown during a heated argument. “How I’m going to feel? I’m not feeling very well. I’m not feeling good about it. It’s not like ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday rejected reports that Guyana has rejected an offer of flood relief by Trinidad and Tobago. “That’s absolutely not true,” he told Demerara Waves Online News/ News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM. In an invited comment on a Trinidad Guardian report, the President explained that Guyana told its sister-Caribbean Community member states that it does not need ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has been increasing its staff and working closely with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to go after financial crimes, Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced on Thursday. “The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has recruited additional staff in the areas of law, forensic audit, accounting and investigations. Inter-agency cooperation between SOCU ...

President Irfaan Ali has withdrawn the automatic six-month stay of Haitians on arrival in Guyana, now resulting in nationals of that former sister-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) having to get visas here. The order, which  is dated June 22, 2021 and signed by President Irfaan Ali, removes Haitians from the list of nationals who can enter this country without visas. His order ...

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Wednesday floated the idea of licensing teachers in Guyana, even as an educator strongly underscored the need for training to prepare teachers to become principals. They were participating in a virtual discussion on Legislative Action- Education as part of the observance of the United States’ National Caribbean Heritage Month. Ms. Manickchand said eventually Guyanese ...

Even as Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon continues to insist that the Health Ministry suspend use vaccination with 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine until he gets satisfactory answers, one of Guyana’s top health experts says more than 50 percent of those who died from COVID-19 are Afro-Guyanese. Head of Medical Services and Cardiology at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr. Mahendra ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has appealed a decision by the High Court that he has to pay opposition politician Annette Ferguson damages for defamation. “The Appeal has a real chance of success since the Appellant has a real prospect of successfully defending his claim and a reasonable explanation for his failure to timely file a defence”, and “an urgent stay ...

The World Bank approved a US$6.7 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the Guyana Education Sector Program Project, the financial institution announced Wednesday. The World Bank said in a statement that the project aims to improve learning in nursery schools, increase technology use in primary schools, and improve functionality of the national education management information system. ...

In the wake of official confirmation from the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) that the Sputnik V vaccines are not fake and that the supplier is authorised, the Ministry of Health on Tuesday called on Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon to withdraw his call for suspension of those jabs. “We call upon Mr. Harmon to publicly withdraw his reckless and irresponsible ...