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As the number of new and active COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Guyana after a long period of decline, the Ministry of Health today announced three additional deaths. A 3-month-old baby girl from Region 4, who passed away on Tuesday, has been listed among the three deaths. The other two COVID victims have been […]
Having raised over $13 million through a recent fundraiser, the Office of First Lady Arya Ali today announced that the money will be used to commence the establishment of a business centre for Persons with Disabilities (PWD). The First Lady believes that persons with disabilities must be provided with the resources, opportunities, knowledge and skills […]
A Plaisance resident will spend the next 10 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer. The assailant, Seon Prince was in Police custody under investigation for another crime, when he punched a Police Sergeant in the face, resulting in the Police Officer falling and hitting his head on the road. […]
The Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony believes that persons who are addicted to marijuana should be placed in rehabilitation programmes instead of jail cells. The Government has been considering the calls for the decriminalization of marijuana possession in small amounts. While there have been several calls for that to be done, many persons believe […]
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has slammed the CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) for what the PSC sees as gross disrespect after representatives from the CPSO visited Guyana and did not meet with the PSC or any other private sector organization. A mission from the CARICOM Private Sector Organization recently visited Guyana and met with […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC has proposed a number of measures that it wants the Government to take on board to assist citizens with the rising cost of living. Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said the government should examine a number of short-term proposals including salary increases, additional tax cuts, and more assistance for senior citizens, the disadvantaged, […]
The mining industry is getting another set of relief measures from the Government. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced the removal of several taxes from the mining sector totaling $1.9 Billion, which the Government hopes will cushion the rising cost of operations in the industry. During a meeting with miners from the Guyana Gold & […]
The husband of murdered New Central High School teacher, Omega Ault remains on the run as he has emerged as the prime suspect in the woman’s murder. Investigators are searching for the husband, Clarence Farley. The man’s car was found abandoned at a lumber yard in the village of Coverden on the East Bank of […]
There was not a dry eye at the Lyken Funeral Home this midday as family members gathered to bid their final goodbye to the three children who died in last Wednesday’s fire at their home in the Mocha Backdam. The charred remains of the children, 8-year-old Timothy Kippins, 6-year-old Triston Kippins and 1-year-old Zhalia Flue […]
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony wants people to know that using hookahs and vaping is just as bad as smoking cigarettes and is also harmful to the body. Guyana joined the rest of the world today in observing World No Tobacco Day. Dr. Anthony said while many persons especially youths have been turning to […]
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