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The Ministry of Health today announced that the country has recorded 125 new cases of coronavirus within the past 24 hours. The latest report takes the number of new cases recorded since the start of June to 2,407. Two additional deaths were also recorded in the past 24 hours and that takes the number of […]
Concerned about the number of Haitians and Cubans traveling to Guyana, the Government has announced its plan to reinstitute visa requirements for nationals of Haiti and Cuba who wish to visit Guyana. The announcement was made last evening during a television programme hosted by Attorney General Anil Nandlall. The Attorney General said based on recent […]
With more than 100,000 persons awaiting the second dose of the Sputnik coronavirus vaccine, the Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony today provided the assurance that the needed second dose of the vaccine will be available before the end of the 12 week timeline between 1st and 2nd doses. While persons were told that they […]
Popular boiled channa vendor Robert Bizzette aka “Brick” who plied his trade for several years in the Stabroek Market area was stabbed to death on Tuesday afternoon in the same area. Another Stabroek Market vendor has been arrested for the crime. A Police report of the incident said it was around 4:30 pm on Tuesday […]
The Ministry of Health this afternoon released a document from the Russian Direct Investment Fund confirming the number of Sputnik vaccines supplied to Guyana and their corresponding batch numbers. Based on the information provided, Guyana received a total of 305,536 Sputnik vaccines. Of that number, 244,268 were first dose vaccines while the country only received 61,268 […]
The Guyana Elections Commission this afternoon agreed to send the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, his Deputy Roxanne Myers, and Region 4 Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo on leave pending a decision on whether the Commission will debate and decide on a motion to dismiss them. During today’s meeting of the Elections Commission, the APNU+AFC nominated […]
The Ministry of Health in Guyana has been facilitating the vaccination of staffers attached to Caribbean Airlines from Trinidad and Tobago, especially members of the airline’s flight crew. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony today confirmed that the airline recently requested some assistance in getting staff members vaccinated. Trinidad and Tobago has been facing vaccination […]
Almost four years after their arrests over a botched attempted robbery at Republic Bank on Water Street, three men walked free this morning after the presiding Magistrate accepted the no-case submission put forward by their Attorneys. Former Police Officers Anfernee Blackman and Gladstone George and former Republic Bank staffer Shawn Grimmond were charged in July […]
A 20-year-old Venezuelan woman died on the spot when the car she was in slammed into a power pole at Stewartville on the West Coast of Demerara. The dead woman has been identified as Julie Alejandro Brazen. Five other persons including four other Venezuelan women and the driver from Buxton are hospitalised with serious injuries. […]
More than three weeks after the Ministry of Health announced that it ran out of the second doses for the Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine, Health Officials are still unable to provide any definite timeline for the arrival of the second dose. More than 100,000 persons are awaiting their 2nd dose of the Russian made vaccine. […]
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