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President Irfaan Ali today shot down claims that the recent police killings amount to a return to extra-judicial killings under a People’s Progressive Party government. At a press conference in New York, the President said he cannot respond to questions about extra-judicial killings in Guyana since such killings never existed, and talk about extra-judicial killings […]
A driver and one of his porters died as their lumber-laden truck toppled along the Buckhall trail in the Essequibo region. The dead men were identified as 50-year-old Nigel Headley and 24-year-old Ameer Jaitoon. Two other porters who were inside the cabin of the truck were badly injured and have been hospitalised. The Guyana Police […]
The People’s National Congress which is the largest party in the opposition APNU+AFC coalition today called on the Minister of Health to step aside if he cannot provide adequate and detailed information on the COVID-19 situation in Guyana as the country faces a surge in new cases. During a PNC press conference today, Dr. Richard […]
The Minister of Health gave the green light today for the scanning and lamination of the vaccination booklets. He said the copy of the booklet would be acceptable once the information is clear and matches the identity of the person carrying the card. With a vaccination policy in place for access to public buildings, many […]
President Irfaan Ali today drew attention to the latest action by Venezuela as it continues its claim over Guyana’s Essequibo region. Speaking to world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, the President said Venezuela’s recent posture and actions amount to threats against Guyana. “We draw attention to the continued overt threats to […]
As several countries begin to implement vaccine requirement policies that may only recognise World Health Organisation approved vaccines or vaccines manufactured in specific countries, President Irfaan Ali hinted his disapproval with that position during his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this morning. “The access to vaccines saw the world polarized. […]
The Police Office of Professional Responsibility has completed its probe into the Police shooting death of Essequibo businessman Orin Boston during a SWAT team operation a week ago. In a statement last evening, the Guyana Police Force announced that the file has now been sent to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority for review. […]
President Irfaan Ali told a high-level forum of the United Nations General Assembly this morning that Guyana’s honouring of its ethnic diversity could be a shining example to the rest of the world. However, he noted that in the political arena, race continues to be used to promote tensions in society. According to the President, […]
With positive COVID-19 cases surpassing 4,000 in the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health is contemplating additional ways to accommodate COVID-19 patients who may require hospitalization, if the situation worsens. The Ministry of Health is preparing to set up field hospitals if the situation continues to decline with more new cases being recorded and […]
Six months since the gunning down of gold dealer Ricardo “Paper Shorts” Fagundes outside the Palm Court nightspot, investigators appear nowhere closer to solving the case than they were on the night of the incident. Family members of Fagundes gathered at the scene of his death last evening to mark six months since his murder […]
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