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There is a growing number of pregnant women who are becoming ill with the COVID-19 and require hospitalisation, according to Health Minister Frank Anthony. Currently, more than half of the persons who are hospitalized with the virus at the Infectious Diseases hospital at Lilliendaal are pregnant women. The worrying trend has prompted the Minister of […]
A taxi driver who was charged four years ago with causing the death of a couple by dangerous driving, met his demise this morning in an accident along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. Dead is 29-year-old Mark Cameron of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown. A police report said Cameron was driving a motor car along the Linden/Soesdyke highway at […]
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon this afternoon responded to President Irfan Ali’s early morning statement which justified the Government’s imposition of the 7% increase for public servants. In defending the increase, the President said public servants are better off under the current government than they were under the previous one. Opposition Leader Joe Harmon who served […]
The Private Sector Commission is following the government in linking two recent fires at two police buildings to political activists outside of Guyana. In a statement issued this morning, the PSC said it has noted a spate of fires across the city, adding that the fires represent an obvious threat to the maintenance of law […]
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman has claimed that his job as an Aviation Advisor to the government was recently threatened because of Facebook posts that he made criticizing the government. In a post on his official Facebook page, Mr. Shuman explained that “I made […]
President Irfaan Ali did an address to the nation this morning from the lawns of State House to justify his Government’s imposition of a 7% salary increase for public servants saying that public sector workers are better off under his administration than they were under the former APNU+AFC government, although the former government raised the […]
Drama unfolded in the Wales Magistrates’ Court this midday when a Colombian national who is facing an assault charge, jumped over the prisoner’s deck and attacked his accuser, choking her until being pulled away by a Policeman. He was in handcuffs at the time. The entire incident occurred in front of the Magistrate who was […]
One day after being awarded a $614 million contract for the construction of the new Guyana Fire Service headquarters, Mohamed’s Enterprise has found itself pushing back against questions of its competence in the construction sector. Mohamed’s Enterprise has been involved in the gold mining sector for decades. Questions were raised on social media about the […]
After spending more than five years behind bars on remand from the age of 19, for the murder of a fellow villager, a Yarakita youth admitted in Court today to stabbing another 19-year-old man to death while he was under the influence of alcohol. Murder accused, Ryan Albert appeared before Justice Jo- Ann Barlow this […]
Faced with additional security measures and checks, regional carrier Caribbean Airlines has announced that passengers boarding its flights should ensure they are checked in four hours before the scheduled departure of the flight. In a notice on its social media pages, the airline explained that the decision to have passengers check-in for their flights much […]
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