Guyana Times

Guyana on Friday launched its first national influenza vaccination programme at the Eccles Health Centre, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony described the initiative as “a historic day for our country”. For the first time in the country’s history, citizens will have access to seasonal flu shots aimed at protecting the most vulnerable, including the elderly,...

An 18-year-old James Street, Georgetown resident was on Friday remanded to prison after being accused of stealing $122,000 from a man at Stabroek Market earlier this month. The teenager, Akeem Aaron John, also known as “Odella”, appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. It is alleged that on Wednesday, September...

The Government is moving to strengthen oversight in the rice industry while also exploring new markets and boosting infrastructure to support farmers facing global challenges. President Dr Irfaan Ali, speaking at a multi-Ministerial engagement with rice and private cane farmers at a press conference on Tuesday in Skeldon, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), announced that a farmers’ committee will be established...

Less than two weeks after it was announced that Guyana has gotten the green light to establish its own Council of Legal Education (CLE)-accredited law school, works will soon commence to clear the plot of land within the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus that will house the building. On Thursday afternoon, Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall,...

…motorcyclist slapped with causing death, other charges Twenty-one-year-old Emanuel Elias from Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Thursday charged with the death of Kevin Nedd, 31, who was killed in a three-vehicle collision on Tuesday along the Cove and John Public Road, ECD. Police stated that the accident involved a motor car bearing registration number PAL 8365, owned and driven...

Home Affairs Minister Oneidge Walrond on Wednesday explained that although local authorities have made significant progress in removing illicit drugs from the streets, it will take years before major arrests and successful prosecutions of bigger players in the drug trade are achieved. The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) last year seized and destroyed some 6700 kilograms (kg) of narcotics, of which...

…as Court shown Police interview on false declarations Former Guyana Elections Commission Returning Officer of Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, skirted around answering questions on how he arrived at the 2020 election results figures that he had initially declared when he was questioned by the Police back in August 2020 at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Mingo also sidestepped confirming that he...

Newly-appointed to serve in the next Parliament, Zamal Hussain of Region Six, who will be a part of the 36 Parliamentarians from the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to serve in the Parliament, will not be representing just Region Six but rather the entire country. As the current supervisor for the party in Region Six, he says that as a politician,...

Nigel Hughes, the leader of the AFC, just resigned!! It was not surprising, and in fact, it was expected. The AFC, after all, was the biggest loser in the Sep 1st elections – they didn’t even get a single seat in Parliament!! This is seen as a minimum accomplishment for being recognised – much less taken seriously – by...

The Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2025 represents a decisive moment in the ongoing evolution of the region’s agricultural sector. Set to run from September 29 to October 3 in St Kitts and Nevis, this year’s flagship event under the theme “Sowing Change, Harvesting Resilience: Transforming Our Caribbean Food Systems for 2025 and Beyond” underscores the critical roles of...