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The Ministry of Health, with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has received 4,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccines for children ages 5-11 from Spain through the COVAX mechanism. The Ambassador of Spain to Guyana Fernando Nogales handed over the Pfizer vaccines to the Chief Medical Officer (CEO), Dr Narine Singh in the […]
Officials of the US government are engaging the Guyanese authorities on cybercrime issues and solutions. Today, a meeting was hosted between the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice Richard W. Downing, Cybersecurity Program Manager from the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism, Organization of America States (OAS), Kerry-Ann Barrett, a […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association is not letting up on its earlier position for the government to put a pause on that E-identification card contract which was recently signed with a German company. In addition to raising procurement concerns, the human rights body has also questioned the introduction of the e-identification card without data protection […]
45-year-old Agricola resident, Kevin Trotman, lost his life in a Sunday afternoon fire in Third Street, Agricola. The charred remains of the man were found among the debris of the house that was completely gutted. The Fire Service said it responded to calls about the fire just before 3pm on Sunday. When firemen arrived at […]
A young attendant at a vulcanizing shop in Linden died today when a large tire exploded as he was preparing to patch it. The 20-year-old man, identified as DeShawn Goodard died on the spot after he was pitched across the floor at the Johnson Vulcanizing Shop in Kara Kara Linden when the tire exploded. A […]
A mother of three is in police custody and is expected to face murder charges this week over the stabbing death of her reputed husband on Saturday morning. The dead man has been identified as 23-year-old construction worker Esan Hamilton. A police statement said Hamilton and the mother of his three children, Aaliyan Lewis shared […]
Police investigators on the West Bank of Demerara are probing the death of a Stanleytown man who was ran over by a car as he was lying on the roadway. A police report said the incident took place at around 10:30 on Saturday night along the Stanleytown Public Road on the West Bank of Demerara. […]
Following a meeting with a visiting United States Congressional delegation, President Irfaan Ali, has expressed his satisfaction saying that the meeting signals good days ahead for Guyana-US relations. President who spoke to News Source said though the meeting for the most part, focused on energy security, it also dealt with addressing current challenges facing the […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, has expressed the Opposition’s satisfaction of meeting with a visiting United States Congressional delegation. The bi-partisan delegation arrived in Guyana on Thursday night to engage the Government and Opposition and other stakeholders. In an interview with News Source, Ms. Walton-Desir said she was pleased that the Opposition was able […]
Longstanding Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander has pointed out that though the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is responsible for the issuance of national identification cards under the National Registration Act, the Commission was never consulted on the government plans to introduce a new E-identification card. “One does not know where we are going because GECOM has […]
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