By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2021
Crime, News
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News, Politics
Over 4000 parents have already granted permission for their children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 using the Pfizer vaccine. The Government of Guyana this afternoon received a donation of 146,250 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the United States, which according to the Education Ministry is more than enough to cover Guyana’s school population of […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News, Politics
The COVID-19 death toll in Guyana reached 601 today as the Ministry of Health recorded four more deaths. Three of the deaths occurred on Sunday while the fourth person passed away last Friday. Based on figures released by the Ministry of Health, a total of 55 deaths have been recorded since the start of August. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News
A 26-year-old member of the Guyana Defence Force lost his life this morning when he lost control of his Toyota 212 motorcar and crashed into trees along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway at Hairuni. The dead soldier was identified as Wilmot Warde of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden. Investigators suspect that he was speeding when he lost control […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News, Politics
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn today dismissed claims that a number of firefighters have been blocked from promotions. Responding to reports that some firefighters are considering a move to the Courts over their names not appearing on a promotion list, the Home Affairs Minister said a promotion list does not even exist. He said […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News, Politics
With the Education Ministry and the Health Ministry rolling out their vaccination drive for children above the age of 12, Education Minister Priya Manickchand revealed today that parents who opt not to send their children to school when classes resume on the 6th September can do the homeschooling of the children themselves. “Parents will be […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News
As the Education Ministry plans to reopen schools on the 6th of September for face-to-face learning, it has announced a vaccination policy that will be enforced for the nation’s teachers. In a statement last evening, the Ministry of Education announced that teachers who remain unvaccinated will have to produce a weekly COVID-19 negative test result […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Education has announced its decision to reopen schools to face-to-face learning on the 6th of September. Teachers who are unvaccinated are being encouraged to get vaccinated by then. Teachers who remain unvaccinated will be required to produce a weekly COVID-19 PCR test result at their own cost or be marked absent from […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
News
Yarrowkabra businessman, Anthony Jones has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 murder of 19-year-old Nyron Vyphuis. He admitted to Justice Sandil Kissoon that he killed the youth during a drunken fit of rage. The businessman was assaulting his wife when the youth got involved and saved the woman’s life but lost his […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health has announced the arrival of a quantity of the one-shot Johnson&Johnson vaccine and 5000 doses of the Sputnik V 2nd dose vaccine. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is currently the only one-shot vaccine approved by the World Health Organisation. All of the other vaccines require two shots. It is also the […]