By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2020
News
With last evening’s announcement by the government that the telecommunications sector was formally liberalised, GTT which has been locked in negotiations about a final end to its monopoly appears ready to move on. In a brief statement today, the company said it is preparing to roll out major expansion in its services to the people […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2020
News, Politics
Local and regional mobile service operator, Digicel, has welcomed the government’s announcement of the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in Guyana. Digicel, which has been pushing for a liberalised sector since it entered the market more than a decade ago, believes the move is coming at a right time, as Guyana prepares for unprecedented growth […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2020
Crime, News
Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old Albouystown woman after a cutlass attack by her husband. The dead woman has been identified as mother of three, Clarabel Johnson of Cooper Street Albouystown. She worked at Humphrey’s bakery. A police statement said the woman had an early morning row with her husband at about 6:25 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2020
News, Politics
Three persons lost their lives to the coronavirus disease in Guyana on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to 93. A 38-year-old man, a 55-year-old retired male nurse and an 84-year-old woman were identified as the three latest fatalities. They were all from the Region 4 area. The male nurse only retired from the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2020
News, Politics
In a late night address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Phillips formally announced the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector with the Commencement Orders being issued which will fully bring into force the Telecommunications Act 2016 (the “Act”) and the Public Utilities Commission Act 2016. The Prime Minister said “the commencement of these Acts is […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs under the PPP Civic government, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has officially taken up the office as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Ms. Rodrigues-Birkett will be based at the Guyana UN Mission Office in New York. Just after the 2015 elections, the former Minister left Guyana and took up a job […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
With an ultimatum about to expire for the beginning of talks to address the concerns of healthcare workers, the opposition is warning the government that now is not the time to go to war with the nurses and doctors in Guyana. The APNU+AFC today said it was horrified by the “abhorrent and disgusting threats” issued […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Home Affairs has rehired former Head of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, James Singh to once again serve in that position. Singh was removed from the position in 2017 under the last government following a Commission of Inquiry into the release of a drug boat and its […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
The number of Coronavirus deaths in the country jumped to 92 this afternoon as the Ministry of Health reported on the death of a 38-year-old Region Four man. Another death was recorded early this morning in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit and five other deaths were recorded this past weekend. Since the start of October, […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
Several nurses stayed away from their jobs today while other picketed outside the hospital, pressing the hospital’s management and the government to address their concerns about risk allowances, improved salaries, and adequate protective gear. With the government giving no indication of its next move, the Hospital has started preparations for any widespread strike that it […]