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As the date moves closer towards the International Climate Change Conference COP-26, Guyana is expected to go to the conference with a united front with other developing nations, in an effort to get the developed countries to honor their obligations to the Paris Climate Change Accord. President Irfaan announced today that CARICOM and other regional […]
Despite mounting calls by the Guyana Public Service Union for a meeting with President Irfaan Ali to discuss increases in wages, salaries and allowances for public servants, the President today declared that the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Ministry are most ideal to engage the union. Public Servants have not received a pay […]
Double murder accused, Kapildeo Gangadin remains on the run after escaping from the Lusignan Prison this morning. In a statement, the Prison Service said the man was discovered missing at around 4:00 am and an alarm was immediately raised. According to prison officials, it is suspected that Gangadin escaped by tampering with the housing unit […]
A senior official of the Local Government Commission has been asked by the Commission to proceed on administrative leave while it probes a complaint of sexual harassment in the workplace made against him. The Commission met today and decided that the senior official should proceed on leave from tomorrow. At a meeting earlier this week, […]
Faced with the expiry dates for thousands of 2nd dose vaccine shots fast approaching, the Ministry of Health is appealing to persons who have already been administered a first dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines to return for their 2nd dose shots. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony revealed today that there are over […]
As the PNC Reform’s leadership race heats up, contender Joseph Harmon who is the Opposition Leader believes that his main rival, Aubrey Norton should be disqualified from the election race over statements that Norton recently made. Mr. Norton recently hinted that several of the persons who publicly endorsed Mr. Harmon might have been coerced into […]
The recently arrived Liza Unity oil production vessel will not get into full operation until late 2022 or early 2023, but when it does, ExxonMobil Guyana does not foresee some of the problems that have dogged Guyana’s other oil production vessel, the Liza Destiny. A gas compressor issue on the Liza Destiny has resulted in […]
The meeting that was summoned by the Speaker of the National Assembly with the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee Jermaine Figueira and Government Member, Minister Gail Teixeira and which was scheduled for today was postponed. The meeting is now scheduled for Friday. Today’s meeting was called off after the Speaker was informed that the […]
The COVID-19 death toll in the country climbed to 900 today as the Ministry of Health reported the death of an unvaccinated 64-year-old man from Region 4. The month of October has now taken the place as the second deadliest month of the pandemic in Guyana with 101 deaths being recorded in the past 26 […]
Two members of the Guyana Police Force who were charged earlier this year in connection with an alleged $19 Million fraud in the Force’s Finance Department were freed of the charges today after the Magistrate’s Court upheld their Attorneys’ no-case submission. Special Corporal Jenneka Carmichael and Constable Tatayana Smith were charged for allegedly deleting files […]
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