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The Guyana Sugar Corporation has reached an agreement with the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), ending protests by sugar workers of the Albion state which started on Friday. Top Officials of Guysuco and GAWU met yesterday to address the concerns of the cate cutters, who have been complaining about their low salaries as […]
With more than a week remaining, September has overtaken the month of May as the deadliest month for COVID-19 in Guyana. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported on the deaths of 12 more persons from the virus, taking the country’s overall death toll to 725 with 100 of those deaths being recorded in the […]
A 26-year-old boat builder was stabbed to death and his brother was badly injured late on Saturday night in an attack at the Vreed-en-hoop stelling. Dead is Sigmol Gouveia, while the injured brother has been identified as Neville Gouveia. According to Police report, the two brothers were at the stelling when the boat builder objected […]
The Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that seven more persons have died from Coronavirus in Guyana and all seven were unvaccinated. In recent days, the Ministry of Health began publishing the vaccination status of those who have passed away. The recent deaths push the death toll in the country from the pandemic to 713 […]
A Timehri couple lost their lives tragically on Thursday night in a freak accident in their own backyard as their septic tank collapsed. The wife, 42-year-old Camille Dwarka was heading to the toilet in the backyard when it is suspected that the concrete septic tank collapsed as she walked across it. A niece heard her […]
Leader of the Alliance for Change and former Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan today described the SWAT Unit’s shooting death of Essequibo businessman Orin Boston as deeply disturbing and troubling. At an AFC press conference this afternoon, Mr. Ramjattan said there was an obvious violation of operating procedures by the SWAT Unit and outright criminality […]
One of the nation’s most prominent primary schools, St. Margaret’s Primary, was forced to close its doors today to face-to-face learning after an ancillary staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Parents were called to pick up their children as the school went into a full lockdown. One stressed parent said she is very concerned about […]
Chairperson of the People’s National Congress and Former Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence today called on the Government to reestablish free COVID-19 testing sites across the country to gain more control of the pandemic and to assist those persons who have decided against vaccination. Guyana continues to see a surge in new COVID-19 cases and […]
Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Rear Admiral Gary Best today said the SWAT Unit of the Guyana Police Force should only be dispatched under special circumstances. A member of the SWAT Unit is currently under probe after an Essequibo businessman, Orin Boston was shot dead during a kick-down door operation by […]
High Court Judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln refused to grant the interim injunctions sought by the Guyana Trades Union Congress, the Guyana Teachers Union, and the Guyana Public Service Union in the Court case challenging the Government’s COVID-19 and vaccination guidelines. The challenge by the three unions came weeks after the Government added additional measures which bar […]
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