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Two weeks after three patients of the New Amsterdam psychiatric hospital were badly burnt during a fire at the facility, one of the patients has died from his injuries. Family members have identified the dead patient as 38-year-old Wewoushi King of the East Coast of Demerara. King was first admitted to the New Amsterdam hospital […]
Still facing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel industry, regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines has announced its decision to retrench 450 workers across its network, representing 25% of the company’s workforce. After recording profits in 2018 and 2019, Caribbean Airlines recorded financial losses of more than US$109 million in 2020 and in the […]
Guyana has recorded three more COVID-19 related deaths and 123 new cases, according to the Ministry of Health. The majority of the new cases have been recorded in Regions 4, 6 and 9. There is growing concern that Region 9 which borders Brazil is seeing another spike in new cases of the virus. Region 4 […]
Police investigators are probing the stabbing death of a 23-year-old man at. Sandy Babb Street party late on Saturday night. The dead youth has been identified as Kawal Dindon. A 21-year-old suspect has since been arrested for the murder. A police report of the incident stated that the now-deceased man and two of his friends […]
A fire of unknown origin completely gutted a section of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School on Saturday afternoon and the Education Minister has given the assurance that the school will be rebuilt. It was just after 1 o’clock on Saturday afternoon that heavy smoke was seen billowing from one of the main buildings at the […]
In wake of concerns expressed by the Opposition Leader about the Government’s purchase of the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine, the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy revealed today that a total of 61,000 persons have been fully vaccinated with the Sputnik vaccine. That simply means that the total number of people receiving […]
President Irfaan Ali has defended his decision to suspend all of the members of the Police Service Commission with plans to set up a tribunal to look into their eventual removal. In an interview with News Source, President Ali said he has followed the law in the way he has dealt with the Police Service […]
The ruling in the case which challenges the exclusion of several senior ranks from the 2020 Police promotion list has been further delayed. The Chief Justice was expected to make a ruling on the case today but following additional submissions by the applicants, she has decided to push back her ruling to the 28th June. […]
Local internet and cable tv service provider E-Networks has joined the efforts to encourage more persons to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In a statement today, the company said as an incentive to encourage more Guyanese to get vaccinated, it is offering discounts for new services to customers who have been vaccinated. The discount offer which […]
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has not taken kindly to statements made by Guyana Government Advisor Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce attacking the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley. On Thursday, Advisor to the Ministry of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and the Georgetown Chambers of Commerce and […]
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