By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2021
News, Politics
With some citizens still hesitant about getting vaccinated against COVID-19, the Minister of Health told the National Assembly that there has been no case in Guyana of a fully vaccinated person dying from the virus. Facing questions from the Opposition about the COVID-19 vaccines, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said while there is the case […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2021
News, Politics
The Government and the APNU+AFC Opposition went head-to-head this afternoon in the Committee of Supply as the government sought to justify spending $1.3B to purchase vaccines. The Government recently spent approximately $957 million for the purchase of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine and $326 million for the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. During the grilling […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2021
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday accused the Government of mismanaging the public coffers and the country’s economy. In a statement the Opposition Leader said a mere 3 and 1/2 months after the $383Billion 2021 Budget was approved in the National Assembly the government has returned with two financial papers seeking an additional $23 Billion […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2021
News, Politics
Guyana’s second floating, production storage and offloading vessel, the Liza Unity, has been officially dedicated by First Lady of Guyana Arya Ali. The First Lady will also serve as the ship’s Godmother. The Liza Unity is being prepared to set sail from Singapore for Guyanese waters. On Saturday, the official dedication was done. According to […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2021
News, Politics
The Vice Chairman for Region 10, Douglas Gittens passed away at the Upper Demerara Regional Hospital this morning after losing his fight against COVID-19. Gittens was admitted to the hospital on Friday after complaining of feeling unwell and testing positive for COVID-19. In the past three weeks, he was busy in the Kwakwani area assisting […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2021
News, Politics
The Regional Health Office in Linden has launched a house-to-house campaign to get more residents of the community vaccinated against Coronavirus. While the Region 10 community continues to lag behind the rest of Guyana with the number of persons vaccinated, the spread of the virus has been increasing steadily in the region, especially in Linden. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2021
News, Politics
As floodwaters remain constant in several communities across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission, which has been leading the flood response and relief efforts, believes that the country will need regional and international support to adequately respond to the needs of the flood-hit areas and assist them in their recovery. In a statement, the CDC noted […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2021
News, Politics
Days after the Head of the Civil Defence Commission indicated that the floods across Guyana have reached the stage of a national disaster and crisis, President Irfaan Ali has made the formal declaration. In a gazetted proclamation of the floods as a national disaster, it was noted that a total of 28,228 households in Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana Defence Force is reminding citizens across the country that soldiers from a number of countries are in Guyana for Operation Tradewinds, a military training exercise. As part of the exercise, there will be the movement of US military helicopters and other military vehicles in Georgetown, Bartica, Timehri and Linden. The GDF said members […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2021
Crime, News
The 22-year-old Lusignan Prison data entry clerk who was busted with a quantity of marijuana in an Ensure drink bottle has been charged for drug trafficking. The young man Joshua Sookdeo appeared in Court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charge that he had 80 grams of marijuana in his possession for the […]