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A senior official of the Local Government Commission has been asked by the Commission to proceed on administrative leave while it probes a complaint of sexual harassment in the workplace made against him. The Commission met today and decided that the senior official should proceed on leave from tomorrow. At a meeting earlier this week, […]
Faced with the expiry dates for thousands of 2nd dose vaccine shots fast approaching, the Ministry of Health is appealing to persons who have already been administered a first dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines to return for their 2nd dose shots. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony revealed today that there are over […]
As the PNC Reform’s leadership race heats up, contender Joseph Harmon who is the Opposition Leader believes that his main rival, Aubrey Norton should be disqualified from the election race over statements that Norton recently made. Mr. Norton recently hinted that several of the persons who publicly endorsed Mr. Harmon might have been coerced into […]
The recently arrived Liza Unity oil production vessel will not get into full operation until late 2022 or early 2023, but when it does, ExxonMobil Guyana does not foresee some of the problems that have dogged Guyana’s other oil production vessel, the Liza Destiny. A gas compressor issue on the Liza Destiny has resulted in […]
The meeting that was summoned by the Speaker of the National Assembly with the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee Jermaine Figueira and Government Member, Minister Gail Teixeira and which was scheduled for today was postponed. The meeting is now scheduled for Friday. Today’s meeting was called off after the Speaker was informed that the […]
The COVID-19 death toll in the country climbed to 900 today as the Ministry of Health reported the death of an unvaccinated 64-year-old man from Region 4. The month of October has now taken the place as the second deadliest month of the pandemic in Guyana with 101 deaths being recorded in the past 26 […]
Two members of the Guyana Police Force who were charged earlier this year in connection with an alleged $19 Million fraud in the Force’s Finance Department were freed of the charges today after the Magistrate’s Court upheld their Attorneys’ no-case submission. Special Corporal Jenneka Carmichael and Constable Tatayana Smith were charged for allegedly deleting files […]
Region Four Chairman Daniel Seeram has disallowed an attempt by the Alliance for Change to move a motion of no-confidence against the Vice Chairman of the Region. Both Seeram and the Vice-Chairman, Samuel Sandy are from the APNU. Although the APNU and the AFC sit on the Region 4 Council as a coalition, the AFC […]
Longtime broadcaster with the state-owned National Communications Network Michella Abraham-Ali is returning from her vacation leave to find that she has been removed from her position as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company. Deputy NCN Chief Executive Neaz Subhan who filled in for Ms. Abraham-Ali while she was on leave has been appointed as […]
Three years after he was freed of a cocaine trafficking charge over insufficient evidence, businessman Andre Gomes aka “Zipper” has found himself again on the radar of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. Gomes was arrested on Tuesday night during an operation by CANU at a house in the Campbellville area. The operation unearthed two blocks […]
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