By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2021
News, Politics
As the mining community of Region 10 went into a total lockdown today over the government’s vaccination measures, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony lashed out at at the move, describing those behind the lockout as ‘anti-vaxxers’. He said people behind the lockout are the people responsible for the vaccine hesitancy in the region. Region 10 […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2021
News, Politics
There are now over 2300 active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana with 2,269 of those active cases recovering at home. The death toll in the country climbed to 641 over the weekend and there are 33 persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. The number of new cases of the virus has been climbing steadily […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2021
News, Politics
The Opposition APNU+AFC has described as authoritarian the latest move by the Government that demands that persons visiting all public buildings including private businesses and places of worship be vaccinated against COVID-19 or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test result. In a statement last evening, the main opposition said the updated measure runs contrary […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2021
News, Politics
Less than a week after the government issued mostly unchanged COVID-19 guidelines, it has amended Section 17 of the guidelines which dealt with vaccination requirements for government buildings to now include all public buildings including privately owned ones and institutions of learning. Based on the regulations covering both public and private buildings, it now means […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2021
News, Politics
First Lady Arya Ali continues to push for an end to period poverty in Guyana and on Thursday she officially launched her Menstrual Hygiene Initiative in the Region Two community of Anna Regina. As part of the launch, the First Lady provided the Regional Education Department with 1,043 cases of sanitary pads which is equivalent […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
The Members of Parliament for Region 10 along with the Regional Chairman and the Mayor’s Office are in full support of the ongoing protests by healthcare workers and teachers in the region against the government’s vaccination policy, which has seen scores of health workers being locked out of the Linden Hospital. In a joint statement, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
Schools across the country will reopen on Monday but students of secondary schools who are currently being targeted for vaccination against COVID-19 will only return to their classroom when they are fully vaccinated against the virus. Officials at Secondary schools across the country have been told by the Education Ministry that their reopening will be […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
Workers at the Child Care and Protection Agency stood in unity today as they rejected the vaccination requirement policy. The government agency told staffers yesterday that the unvaccinated staffers would be locked out of the compound this morning. The agency kept that promise but may have been thrown off when all of the workers stayed […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
Crime, News
A mini-bus driver who was wanted in connection with a 210-kilogram marijuana bust was remanded to prison today after making his first Court appearance. 36-year-old Dexter Morris aka DJ Bajan of Lamaha Street, Alberttown appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse and was charged with the offense of trafficking of narcotics. According to the police charge sheet, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
Crime, News
Two Enforcement Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority are nursing gunshot wounds and are in serious condition after coming under fire during an anti-smuggling operation in the Mahaica area on Thursday night. In a statement, the GRA said that based on information, a team of Enforcement Officers along with a team of Police officers were […]