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The World Bank has approved an additional US$6 million in financing to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and ensure effective vaccine deployment in Guyana through the Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response project. Guyana had previously received US$7.5 Million. The project will also support general preparedness, resilience, and overall health system strengthening. “An efficient […]
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has issued a permanent injunction blocking the government’s holding company, NICIL or anyone acting on its behalf from enforcing the notices that were served on several persons leasing NICIL owned lands and properties to move. The injunction formed part of a ruling handed down by Justice George yesterday in which […]
Attorney Nigel Hughes who is representing Gladston Henry in the Haresh Singh murder case has declared that the Police Force has already set the stage for a miscarriage of justice with the charge against Henry. Henry who is the brother of one of the Henry cousins murdered last year in the Berbice area was charged […]
53-year-old Brazilian restaurant owner Beto Coutinho was found dead this afternoon at his Regent Street restaurant. The man’s body was found hanging in the living quarters of his restaurant. The gruesome discovery was made by relatives and friends this afternoon after they became concerned that he had not been seen all day and his business […]
Following the more than usual rainfall that drenched Guyana over the past two months, the National Hydromet Service is warning that the umbrellas should not be put away just yet. The Hydromet Service today announced that most of Guyana will experience rainy conditions throughout the month of July with the dry and sunny weather returning […]
Guyanese businessman and Tourism Marketing Agent, Chris Bassoo lost his 4-week battle against COVID-19 in Brazil today, leaving family and friends devastated. Bassoo who became stranded in Brazil with his wife and newborn baby just after the pandemic forced the shutdown of Brazil last year passed away in the Brazilian capital this morning. One of […]
Nine months after the brutal killing of Berbice teenager Haresh Singh in the #3 village backdam, four men were today charged and remanded to jail for the youth’s murder. The four men, 29-year-old Philip Anderson, 27-year-old Joel Gittens, 27-year-old Gladston Henry and 21-year-old Charles Scott appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ […]
Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, his Deputy Roxanne Myers and Returning Officer for Region 4 Clairmont Mingo appeared in Court this morning to face conspiracy to defraud charges related to last year’s elections. They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charges and were granted $100,000 bail each. The last time the […]
With tears flowing down his face, Norton Street, Georgetown resident Quincy Chase was this morning remanded to jail for the murder of his younger brother, Paul Chase. In Court, the 27-year-old man was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge, which stated that on the 25th June at the Cummings Street home […]
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