Guyana

Georgetown: There is confirmation that another person has contracted the Zika virus. The patient is from the Soesdyke area on the East Bank of Demerara. According to Chief Medical Officer…

Georgetown : The Security Sector Reform Action Plan is being advanced. Following a meeting between President David Granger and Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, an agreement was reached for the programme…

Georgetown : The Guyana Police Force could undergo major transformation with a proposal to move from Divisional to Regional Commanders actively being considered.  Minister of Public Security and Vice President, Khemraj…

About 11:45pm yesterday, Lionel King, 26 years, of Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast, was walking along the Johanna Cecelia Public Road, Essequibo, when he was struck down by a motor car that was…

Georgetown: Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and two Jamaican companies recently signed agreements that will see the export of rice from Guyana almost doubling in 2016.  In 2015, export of…

Georgetown : President David Granger has expressed condolences to Ms. Sarah Paris on the sudden death of her father William Haslyn Parris, CCH.   Haslyn Parris was born in Buxton Village,…

Berbice: Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Saturday endorsed that Region 5 (West Berbice) has great potential and the capacity to survive on their own. The Prime Minister was at the time…

Georgetown: Residents of Region Three can now access Tuberculosis treatment without having to travel to Georgetown. A Chest Clinic and a refurbished Step-Down Care Facility was commissioned today at the West Demerara…

Brazil is the newest member country of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). It has become the CDB’s 28th member, and the fourth non-borrowing regional member, joining Colombia, Mexico and…

Georgetown: Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will be strengthening the company’s capabilities with regard to flow measurement and control techniques by sending an engineers to India for training in the relevant…