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With almost three thousand persons already receiving a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today announced that the booster doses are now available for persons 18 years and over who are fully vaccinated. Previously only persons 50 years and older and persons with comorbidities along with frontline health workers were […]
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lennox Shuman is hitting out at the government again, this time over the lack of consultation with indigenous leaders. Shuman’s latest criticism of the government stems from an agreement that the government signed with a Canadian-based gold company for prospecting […]
Civil Society group Article 13 has issued a call for the swift appointment of members to the Public Procurement Commission so that the Commission could get down to work. In a statement, the Article 13 group said while it welcomes the announcement by Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Jermain Figueira, that steps have been […]
New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke has rubbished the wanted bulletin issued for his arrest by the Police and is accusing the government of now using the police force to go after its political opponents and critics. A wanted bulletin was issued for Burke’s arrest by the Guyana Police Force on Friday evening for […]
The Government of Guyana with assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s local office and the Environmental Protection Agency have started a probe into the decline in the fish catch locally. Local fishermen have been complaining about a sudden decline in their catch and the impact it continues to have on their livelihoods. The Food […]
The Alliance for Change which is one of the partners in the APNU+AFC Coalition, lambasted the PPP Civic Government today over the arrest of former Finance Minister Winston Jordan and the plan to file charges against him in relation to the sale of wharf facilities by the former Government to local contracting company, BK International. […]
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll jumped over the 1000 mark with three more deaths being recorded. According to the Ministry of Health, two of the recent deaths, a 65-year-old man and a 70-year-old man from the Region 10 community were both fully vaccinated. The third person who died was a 59-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Two. […]
Over 20 small businesses owned by Afro-Guyanese showcased their locally made products today with the hosting of a market day at the Cuffy Square. The business owners are hoping to bring more awareness to their products in an effort to expand production and get the products more readily available on the local market. Today’s event […]
An investigation by the Guyana Revenue Authority into the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a rum shipment from Guyana has revealed that when the shipment left Guyana, there were only boxes of rum in the container. The cocaine bust took place in The Netherlands. In a statement today, the GRA said […]
The cash-strapped Georgetown City Council is seeking to recover billions of dollars owed in taxes by implementing a four-month amnesty period for defaulters. The Municipal Amnesty Policy (MAP), seeks to target those citizens and businesses that continue to default in their tax obligations to the city. Under the new policy, they can avoid Court action […]
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