By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2021
News, Politics
Hours after the Guyana Elections Commission by a majority vote terminated the contracts of the body’s Chief Election Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer, Ms. Roxanne Myers and the Region 4 Returning Officer for General and Regional Elections 2020, Mr. Clairmont Mingo, GECOM Chair, Justice Claudette Singh explained that the terminations were provided […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission today terminated the contract of Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, and Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo. The three were terminated in keeping with the provision of their contracts. They will be leaving the Commission with all of their benefits. When the Commission met […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is warning importers and other businesses that they could face the long arm of the law if they do not pass on the reduction in import charges to consumers. The GRA has given effect to President Irfaan Ali’s directive on the reduction of import charges to pre-pandemic levels in the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2021
News, Politics
Chief Medical Officer, (CMO) Dr. Narine Singh, has advised that based on recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) several categories of persons can be exempted from taking the COVID-19 vaccine. In a memo copied to the Minister of Health and other officials, Dr. Singh […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2021
News
In wake of mounting protests by Health workers in Linden and other places, the Ministry of Health late last night announced that it is giving additional time for Health workers, public transportation operators and conductors to comply with the vaccination order. In a late-night statement, the Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony announced that health […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2021
News, Politics
The Chairman and members of Guyana’s first Law Reform Commission were sworn in on Wednesday by President Irfaan Ali. The Chairman of the Commission is retired Justice of Appeal B.S Roy. The other members are Vice President of the Guyana Bar Association Teni Housty, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Clarissa Rheil, Educator Dr. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2021
News, Politics
With cross-dressing officially removed as a criminal offence in Guyana, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination(SASOD) is pleased with the recognition of the ruling that was handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice three years ago. In a statement, SASOD emphasized that there are still gaps in local laws that legislators need to fill […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2021
News, Politics
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today said medical staff attached to the Linden Hospital Complex, who are being locked out because they are unvaccinated, need to produce a negative PCR COVID-19 test in order to return to work. The Health Minister explained that there is a clear guideline that now mandates Health Workers who are […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2021
Crime, News
Scores of Lindeners started a protest in their town this morning, blocking the critical McKenzie/Wismar bridge in support of the unvaccinated nurses and doctors who have been barred from entering their workplace. After nurses, doctors and other staff members of the Linden Hospital were blocked again today from entering the facility because they are unvaccinated […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2021
Crime, News
A shady Brazilian businessman who faced multiple fraud and other charges in Guyana almost a decade ago was shot dead execution-style last evening on Regent Street just outside the Kirpalani store. The 51-year-old man identified as Euclid Dasilva was in a Toyota pick-up with another man when a car drove up behind him and two […]