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As the case against the Government’s COVID-19 Health Regulations and Vaccination policy came for hearing this morning, Attorney General Anil Nandlall told Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln that several of the injunctions being sought by the trade unions that filed the matter falls outside the Court’s remit and therefore cannot be granted by the Court. The Attorneys […]
The Venezuelan Government and Opposition have taken an official decision to unite around the country’s claim of Guyana’s Essequibo region, prompting the Government of Guyana to again reject the claim. There are reports that the Venezuelan Government and Opposition have signed an accord maintaining the neighbouring claim over Guyana’s Essequibo region, a claim which has […]
A 13-year-old female student of the Parika Salem Secondary School was hospitalised after falling ill moments after she was administered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine as part of the Government’s vaccination drive for adolescents. The child’s mother, Annette Yusuff, told News Source this morning that less than two minutes after her daughter was […]
As the government braces for the nationwide strike action by teachers set to begin today, the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers who go on strike will not be paid for those strike days. Teachers who are away from their jobs because they are unvaccinated and have not provided a negative COVID-19 test result […]
The Guyana Teachers Union has called on teachers to down tools and be part of nationwide strike action over the government’s vaccination policy and the unpreparedness of many schools to return to face-to-face learning. The decision to go on strike from today was made during a meeting last evening between executives of the Guyana Teachers […]
Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine has added his voice to the ongoing concerns being raised by citizens about the government’s latest vaccination policy and is calling for the policy to be withdrawn. In a statement today, the Mayor said he finds the development deeply worrying and believes that the government is using the pandemic as […]
In its effort to make doing business easier for its customers, local telecommunication company, GTT has installed nine additional ‘GTT Express’-self-service kiosks to aid customers in paying their bills and ‘top up’ in less than three minutes. The GTT Express kiosks are now available at GTT’s Fogarty’s Store, Giftland, Grove, and the Parika locations. The […]
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Guyana increased by seven in the past 24hrs, pushing the death toll to 653. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony in his COVID-19 update this morning revealed that all seven of the latest fatalities were unvaccinated. He said the Delta surge of the virus which Guyana is now experiencing […]
President Irfaan Ali today urged leaders of the Caribbean Community and Africa to work to deepen relationships and strengthen ties between the two regions. During his remarks at the inaugural Africa-CARICOM summit, the President said Africa and the Caribbean are no strangers to each other and the two must strive for economic integration driven by […]
Workers attached to the Berbice Bridge company staged a picketing exercise this morning over the failure of the management of the company to provide them with adequate protective equipment for their jobs. In a statement, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union complained that the actions of the Bridge company are contrary to the rules […]
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