By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2020
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With the Guyana Public Service Union holding firm to its threat to call a full strike at the Georgetown Hospital if moves are not made to address the concerns and demands of health care workers, the hospital has started to put systems in place for a possible shortage of staff. In a memo to Heads […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2020
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Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud has boasted of the strides made by Guyana towards the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. In a virtual address to the UN General Assembly to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW), Minister Persaud […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2020
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The Opposition Leader has described the government’s decision to reduce the coronavirus curfew hours and reopen the airports as “reckless”, since the moves are coming at a time when the number of cases in the country are climbing steadily. Mr. Harmon told a media conference this morning that the Government may be going against the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2020
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A number of recently installed Region Four Councillors from the APNU have indicated that they were unaware of any agreement between their party and the AFC over the Vice-Chair position on the Regional Democratic Council. The APNU has both the Chair and Vice-Chair positions, leaving some members in the Alliance for Change fuming over the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2020
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Three men, ages 46, 69 and 73 are the latest COVID-19 fatalities in Guyana. The three deaths were recorded yesterday and bring to 85, the total number of deaths from Coronavirus in Guyana. The increase in fatalities over the past two months has raised serious questions about the efforts to fight the disease in Guyana. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2020
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With the number of coronavirus cases rising in the country steadily, the Guyana Defence Force will be joining the Police in encouraging citizens to follow the COVID-19 national measures. During a press conference hosted by the National COVID-19 Task Force, GDF Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess said the GDF will be working with the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2020
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Hours after the government announced an ease in the curfew hours and plans to reopen the country’s international airports, Prime Minister Mark Phillips warned that the relaxing of some of the measures does not allow for persons to ignore the other measures. “If you want to stay alive, now is the time to stop partying […]
By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2020
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The Government is moving to reopen the country’s international airports at Timehri and Ogle, to regular schedule service from the 12th October, as it continues to ease the COVID-19 restrictions. The latest gazetted order states that the current restrictions on the operation of the airports will expire on the 11th October. The Cheddi Jagan Airport […]
By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2020
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Newly elected Chairman of Region Four, Daniel Seeram, has indicated that the Regional Democratic Council is willing to work along with the Central Housing and Planning Authority in the efforts to ensure the development of house lots for Region Four residents. Mr. Seeram attended the outreach that the Housing Ministry hosted this morning with East […]
By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2020
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The Guyana Public Service Union has given the Government and the Georgetown Public Hospital a 72-hour ultimatum to begin moves to address the concerns of nurses and other healthcare workers who have been on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. The move by the union comes in wake of the GPHC threatening the health […]