Govt. spent almost twice the WHO listed cost for Sputnik vaccines through UAE source

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 […]

Harmon accuses government of mismanagement as it seeks $23 Billion in supplementary budget

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 […]

First Lady is Godmother of new Liza Unity FPSO

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 […]

Region 10 Vice Chairman dies from COVID-19 complications

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 […]

Flooding situation officially declared a national disaster

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 […]