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The Guyana Teachers Union has threatened a full strike if the Minister of Education continues to not consult with the union on various issues related to the functioning of schools in the pandemic including issues about financing and salaries. This afternoon, some executive and other members of the GTU protested outside the Education Ministers office […]
US-based Guyanese Nurse, Patricia Cummings who was given the opportunity to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to US Vice President Kamala Harris has been honored by the Mayor of Georgetown for representing Guyana well while in the US. On Monday, the Mayor of Georgetown vested Nurse Cummings with a municipal citation, recognizing her work as a […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has filed an urgent application in the High Court asking the Court to reverse a suspension order that was issued by President Irfaan Ali. Exactly one month ago, President Irfaan Ali suspended all five members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) including its Chairman, former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul […]
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has seized and destroyed nearly 7000 pieces of substandard electrical products found on the local market. Earlier this year, GNBS started the monitoring of several categories of electrical equipment and fittings based on the requirements of the mandatory national standards. In a statement today, the GNBS said since […]
The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana today expressed its dismay and surprise over a recent move by Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill to order the suspension of two local aircraft operators after two planes belonging to the operators were involved in two separate incidents. In a statement, the Association expressed its shock at statements by […]
As Police investigators continue to put together the pieces of Saturday night’s execution of a Georgetown man at Wismar in Linden, the dead man’s grieving relatives today admitted that not only was he known to law enforcement but he is also a former robbery convict who was trying to turn his life around. 23-year-old Delroy […]
A post-mortem examination performed on the body of the 23-year-old Roxanne Burnham Gardens man Delroy Mc Kenzie who was executed Saturday night in Linden found that he was shot nine times about the body. The postmortem conducted by Dr. Nehaul Singh concluded that the man died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. A police […]
The Ministry of Health will soon be reviewing and updating the protocols that are in place for persons travelling to Guyana during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Minister Frank Anthony explained today that currently, persons travelling to Guyana are only required to have a negative PCR Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival. He […]
Police investigators who are probing the Saturday night gunning down of Georgetown resident Delroy McKenzie at Wismar, have found a burnt grey Toyota car suspected to have been used in the execution. In a statement this morning, the Police said the burnt-out and abandoned car was found along the Blue Lake access road at Kara […]
Two persons were killed, and several others were badly injured in a horrific late-night accident at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara last evening. The dead and injured were all passengers in a Route 42 mini-bus that was speeding along the roadway when the driver lost control of the vehicle after it hit […]
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