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Six more COVID-19 related deaths have pushed the total number of deaths recorded in the past 13 days to 58, based on the figures released by the Ministry of Health. A four-year-old boy from Region One is among the six COVID fatalities. The five adults who passed away were all unvaccinated, according to the Ministry […]
Two former Policemen who were recently found guilty of raping a woman when she visited a Police station to file a report, were both slapped with a sentence of 25 years in jail today. During the trial, the victim testified that she was attacked and raped in a washroom in the station by the two […]
Guyana has seen improvements in a number of subject areas at both the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations for this year. During a ceremony hosted this morning at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre to launch the CXC 2021 results, Director of Operations at CXC, Dr. Nicole Manning said that at both […]
Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, today debunked claims that he was ever involved in ‘nefarious transactions’ while he served as Finance Minister under the last Government. He said he is not bothered by any criminal probe that this current Government might want to start against him. Jordan has been outspoken on the Government’s handling of […]
Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson, has urged parents to continue to encourage their children, even if they have not performed well at this year’s CXC Examinations. While Guyana has continued its successful CSEC and CAPE reign, the country has also recorded a decline in the pass rate for critical subject areas such as English […]
The APNU+AFC Opposition has issued a call on the Guyana Police Force to come clean on the police shooting death of Grove resident, Kevin Andries. The 34-year-old man was shot dead by the police early on Monday morning. In a statement, the Police claimed that its ranks returned fire as Andries and another man ran […]
Prisoners housed at the Lusignan Prison can expect better accommodation in the new year when work on three additional holding facilities inside the prison compound is completed. The new facilities are being constructed at a cost of over $1 billion. The media was taken on a tour of the facility at the prison this morning. […]
Six years after he was arrested, charged, and remanded to jail for the murder of his reputed wife, former Police Sergeant Colin Bailey walked free of the charge. During the trial this morning, the Prosecution admitted to the Judge that the witnesses in the matter would not provide any evidence tying the former police officer […]
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has revealed that while no decision has been made on administering a COVID-19 booster shot, there is some consideration. While some countries have started to administer an additional vaccine shot as a booster, several other countries have stayed away from issuing additional shots, saying the additional shot is not […]
Former General Secretary of the People National Congress, Aubrey Norton is confident that he will be the next leader of the 64-year-old party, replace the incumbent leader, David Granger when the Congress is held later this year. The long-overdue biennial delegates Congress of the party is scheduled for no later than December 13. During a […]
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