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The Ministry of Health recorded three more COVID-19 related deaths yesterday with one of the latest victims being a 38-year-old man. With Guyana still to confirm the presence of the fast-spreading Delta variant of the virus being here, the number of new infections continues to rise. 74 new cases of the virus were recorded yesterday […]
The Regional Executive Officer for Region 9, Karl Singh, remains in Police custody over the shooting of a woman in his car. Singh is accused of shooting the woman to her abdomen around midnight on Tuesday in the Lethem business district. The woman has been hospitalised in a serious condition. Details of the shooting incident […]
The Guyana Teachers Union is not taking kindly to recent statements by the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, who accused the union of behaving like a political entity because of its protest outside her office. She said the union will be treated as a political entity if that’s how it wants to behave. GTU President […]
The Ministry of Health has once again found itself in the spot of running out of 2nd dose shots of the Sputnik coronavirus vaccine. The recent shipment of 2nd dose shots was a small quantity. Only 5000 shots arrived and were administered within days across the country. Some regions complained about the small number of […]
An 18-year-old Corentyne man is nursing multiple chop wounds to his body after he was reportedly caught in a duck pen with five ducklings valued at $5000 in a shopping bag. The farmer who owns the ducks has been taken into custody after admitting to chopping the teen. But the farmer has claimed that it […]
Police investigators in Region 9 are probing the death of a 31-year-old teacher whose body was found in his South Pakaraimas home three days ago. It is suspected that the teacher, Peter Christian, was murdered as several marks of violence were found on his body. The man’s father claims that earlier in the same day […]
Three men who have been accused of robbing a Rockstone businesswoman in Region 10 have been charged and remanded to jail. The three, Elijah Hollingsworth, Dane Bowen and Joel Morrison appeared in Court on Tuesday jointly charged with the armed robbery of Dianne Ross. It is alleged that on Friday, the three men pounced on […]
The new British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller presented her credentials to President Irfaan Ali today and offered her commitment to strengthening the bonds between Guyana and the United Kingdom. High Commissioner Miller said “the links between Guyana and the UK are strong. And I aim to continue to strengthen these bonds during my […]
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand at an emergency press conference this afternoon blasted the Guyana Teachers Union over its decision to picket her office today, declaring that the Government will treat the union as a political entity if it acts that way. “The union must decide if it wants to separate itself from being a […]
Although the COVID-19 vaccines are not mandatory, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony believes that employers should ensure that their workers are fully vaccinated to keep their colleagues and those who they serve safe. Several private entities have been implementing strict measures against staff who did not receive their COVID-19 vaccine or have refused to take […]
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