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President Irfaan Ali has announced that all healthcare workers across Guyana will receive the equivalent of two weeks of their monthly salary as an end-of-year bonus. The President made the announcement this afternoon and said the money is expected to be paid out before the end of December. He did not provide any additional details […]
Authorities in Region Six are stepping up their monitoring of a number of communities as there is a climb in COVID-19 cases in the ancient county. As of midnight last night, there were 40 new cases of Coronavirus recorded and 26 of those cases are from the Region Six communities including in the town of […]
The 42-year-old woman who was earlier this week held with more than four pounds of cocaine in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan Airport appeared in Court this morning and pleaded not guilty to the cocaine trafficking charges. Plaisance resident, Tommy-Ann Bunbury, who worked in Suriname as a vendor, denied all of the allegations filed […]
A young recruit of the Guyana Defence Force died this morning after falling ill during training in the Basic Recruit course. The young man has been identified as Orwin Reynolds. A statement from the GDF indicated that he was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital after complaining of being unwell. He was initially seen by […]
The World Bank has announced that it has approved US$7.5 million to aid in Guyana’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Project. The money is to be used to support the country in tackling the current pandemic and strengthening the country’s health system. According to the World Bank’s Country Director for the Caribbean, Tahseen Sayed, the Bank is working […]
Almost four weeks after more than 11 tons of cocaine arrived in Belgium from Guyana, local investigators continue to draw a blank with their probe. While a number of persons have been questioned as part of the probe, there have been no charges and the shipper of the container that was found with the cocaine […]
Six years after being charged with the kidnapping and murder of East Coast Demerara businessman, Rajendra Singh, the four assailants were sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail. The four convicts, Deonauth Katwaru, Tony Thomas, Micheal Lewis and Adony James appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and opted to enter guilty pleas to the […]
The number of coronavirus cases in Guyana is climbing at an alarming level and the increase in new cases is happening across all of the regions. Based on the data provided by the Ministry of Health, since the start of November, Guyana has recorded 1,028 new cases of COVID-19. There have also been 23 deaths […]
President Irfaan Ali brought the curtains down on his official visit to Suriname today with an address to an extraordinary sitting of the Surinamese National Assembly. In the address, the President reflected on the good relations that have existed between Guyana and Suriname over the past years and pledged to strengthen the relationship and the […]
Guyana has recorded its 147th Coronavirus related death. The latest victim has been identified as an 87-year-old man from Region Six. Since the start of November, the country has recorded 21 coronavirus related deaths and 981 new cases of the virus. The number of cases has been climbing steadily with 35 new cases being recorded […]
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