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The contractors for the Sheriff Street-Mandela Avenue expansion project have been given yet another deadline for the completion of works. The new deadline is Valentine’s Day 2022. The announcement of the new deadline was made today by Minister of Works, Juan Edghill as he visited the roadworks, which he noted are now 95% completed. “As […]
A five-year-old boy from Region Four who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, according to information from the Ministry of Health. There were no details released on the child’s health, but he was one of two recent deaths. The other person who passed away was a fully vaccinated 49-year-old. The Ministry of Health has also […]
Prominent Linden businessman Hilton Lyle and his wife June Lyle are among the latest persons to die from COVID-19 complications. They both had underlying conditions. The wife, 60-year-old June Lyle passed away on the 17th of November as she was recovering from COVID-19 at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Lillendaal. She was being transitioned out […]
As Barbados celebrates its 55th Independence anniversary and its attainment of Republic status, President Irfaan Ali has extended congratulations and best wishes to the island’s first President, Dame Sandra Mason. Prime Minister of Guyana, Mark Phillips is in Barbados to attend the official events. In the letter to President Mason, President Ali commended the Prime […]
Drug Enforcement Agents in The Netherlands and in Guyana are probing the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a shipment of rum that originated in Guyana. The Dutch authorities made the discovery of the cocaine among the boxes of rum when the shipment arrived at a port in The Netherlands on the […]
The Public Accounts Committee has put together eight nominees for the important Public Procurement Commission, but only five persons will eventually be chosen. The names of 26 persons were initially put forward by the two sides in the Public Accounts Committee, but that number was reduced as the key members of the PAC sub-committee met. […]
Facing backlash over a statement he made on radio that in the black community in Guyana, black children are in need of lots of examples of success, Minister of Culture Charles Ramson Jr. attempted to clarify his statement this afternoon. In a video message posted to his Facebook page and reading from a prepared statement, […]
In wake of the discovery of a new variant of Coronavirus that the medical community has flagged as faster spreading and more infectious, President Irfaan Ali is encouraging citizens who are still to be vaccinated to make the choice and get vaccinated today. In a statement, the President said at this stage, vaccination is the […]
A 28-year-old motorcyclist from Stanleytown Berbice, died on the spot on Saturday night when he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a concrete culvert. The dead youth has been identified as Rodrigues Anthon. A police report said the incident occurred as the young biker was riding his bike at a fast rate along […]
Guyana’s Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. has found himself facing a mountain of criticism from several prominent black citizens over a statement he made about the black community in Guyana being in need of black role models. The Culture Minister appeared on an afternoon radio programme on 94.1 FM on Friday […]
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