By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2021
News, Politics
Less than a week after the government issued mostly unchanged COVID-19 guidelines, it has amended Section 17 of the guidelines which dealt with vaccination requirements for government buildings to now include all public buildings including privately owned ones and institutions of learning. Based on the regulations covering both public and private buildings, it now means […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2021
News, Politics
First Lady Arya Ali continues to push for an end to period poverty in Guyana and on Thursday she officially launched her Menstrual Hygiene Initiative in the Region Two community of Anna Regina. As part of the launch, the First Lady provided the Regional Education Department with 1,043 cases of sanitary pads which is equivalent […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
The Members of Parliament for Region 10 along with the Regional Chairman and the Mayor’s Office are in full support of the ongoing protests by healthcare workers and teachers in the region against the government’s vaccination policy, which has seen scores of health workers being locked out of the Linden Hospital. In a joint statement, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
Schools across the country will reopen on Monday but students of secondary schools who are currently being targeted for vaccination against COVID-19 will only return to their classroom when they are fully vaccinated against the virus. Officials at Secondary schools across the country have been told by the Education Ministry that their reopening will be […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
Workers at the Child Care and Protection Agency stood in unity today as they rejected the vaccination requirement policy. The government agency told staffers yesterday that the unvaccinated staffers would be locked out of the compound this morning. The agency kept that promise but may have been thrown off when all of the workers stayed […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
Crime, News
A mini-bus driver who was wanted in connection with a 210-kilogram marijuana bust was remanded to prison today after making his first Court appearance. 36-year-old Dexter Morris aka DJ Bajan of Lamaha Street, Alberttown appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse and was charged with the offense of trafficking of narcotics. According to the police charge sheet, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
Crime, News
Two Enforcement Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority are nursing gunshot wounds and are in serious condition after coming under fire during an anti-smuggling operation in the Mahaica area on Thursday night. In a statement, the GRA said that based on information, a team of Enforcement Officers along with a team of Police officers were […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News
Six Berbice men were marched before Magistrate Alex Moore at the #51 Village Magistrates’ Court in Berbice this morning to face the charge of murder related to the beating death of Pandit Rishi Bharat. The 60-year-old beloved Pandit was beaten to death last Saturday night outside his home when he attempted to get a group […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country has surged past 2000 with all 10 regions seeing increased cases as the Delta variant of the virus spreads. The Health Ministry is particularly worried by the situation in Regions 3 and 4, which account for more than 80% of the active cases. In Region 4, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
News, Politics
Two days after Leader of the People’s National Congress, David Granger informed party Chairperson Volda Lawrence and General Secretary Amna Ally that he will be proceeding on a leave of absence from the party, he has now written to the Central Executive Members of the party and the party’s Members of Parliament confirming his decision. […]
