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Scores of medical and other staff members attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital were prevented from entering the hospital’s compound this morning because of their unvaccinated status. The Georgetown Public Hospital is the country’s largest hospital and health emergency centre. In a memo to staffers earlier this week, the management at the Hospital informed them […]
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education will roll out the vaccination programme for children 12 years and over this morning as the government prepares to reopen schools on the 6th September. According to the Ministry of Education, it has already received permission from parents for the vaccination of 4000 children. There are […]
Leader of the Opposition Joe Harmon has dismissed the letter sent by the Guyana Government to the US Congress and Diplomatic and International communities complaining about a recent anti-racism protest by Guyanese in New York. In response to the letter signed by Governance Minister Gail Teixeira, the Opposition Leader said the Government can make all […]
Four Venezuelan nationals along with one Guyanese were today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of a mining camp manager and his security at Blackwater backdam in the Region 7 area. The two men, Suresh Bachan and Steven Niles were hacked to death in their sleep between the 4th and 5th of August. […]
Two protests in two different parts of the country took place today against what is being seen as the Government’s policy to “force” persons to get vaccinated. At the Square of the Revolution in Georgetown, scores of persons gathered with placards to make known their disagreement with the Government’s vaccination policy which sees persons wanting […]
Applicants for US immigrant visas and people seeking refugee status or medical attention in the United States will from the 1st October 2021, be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The US Centre for Disease Control has informed the various embassies of the new regulation. Persons being processed for a US Immigrant visa, commonly referred […]
On the heels of a report that three persons were nabbed with blank covid-19 vaccination cards, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has issued another warning to persons who are not willing to take the jab but secure the vaccination book through illegal means. The Minister said persons who steal the cards will be charged with […]
As the back and forth continues between the Chairman of the Local Government Commission (LGC) Julius Faeber and the Georgetown City Council over the appointment of Candace Nelson as Acting Town Clerk, the Local Government Commission Chairman has written to the Mayor informing him that the decision to appoint Ms. Nelson is binding. In the […]
Guyana’s Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira has written to the US Congress and the international community expressing concern about statements made against the PPP Government at a recent Brooklyn rally which was hosted by the New York-based group, Guyanese Organizations Against Racism. The rally which was backed by the APNU+AFC Opposition highlighted alleged acts of […]
Police have arrested three men, ages 24, 37 and 42, as they continue their probe into the alleged theft of several medical equipment and blank COVID-19 vaccination books from the Health Ministry. The police said two alarms were raised by a nurse attached to the Vreed-en-Hoop Health Centre when two of the suspects approached her […]
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