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With the number of new cases of coronavirus climbing steadily, the National COVID-19 Task Force has announced that all non-religious Easter activities are prohibited during the long Easter weekend. In a statement, the COVID-19 Task Force named wet-fetes, parties, limes and shows as among the activities that will not be allowed. Easter activities in public […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition has once again expressed its interest to sit on the national COVID-19 Task Force. According to APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Dr. Karen Cummings, the Public Health situation in Guyana has been worsening. She said the government should consider having all hands on deck to address this issue in a bipartisan way. […]
The Ministry of Housing and Water on Thursday inked $2.3B worth of contracts with six contractors for the construction of a four-lane highway from Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara to Mandela Avenue in Georgetown, a continuation of works already started in the area. The works have been divided into six lots and is […]
Attorney-at-Law and Member of the People’s National Congress Reform, James Bond, Former NICIL CEO, Colvin Heath-London along with two others, Jermaine Richmond and Eddie Doolall were slapped with several fraud charges today. The charges relate to several pieces of land along the East Bank of Demerara. The men appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan. Bond […]
Agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit arrested a 64-year-old man on Wednesday with almost 10 pounds of compressed marijuana in a suitcase in the mini-bus park area near Hadfield and Water Streets. The elderly man, Clarence Wrights of Bagotsville, West Bank Demerara, was noticed walking along the street pulling the suitcase moments after crossing over […]
Despite a steep increase in COVID-19 cases in the past month, the Government has made no changes to the national COVID-19 regulations for the next month. The regulations which were published in the official gazette simply extend the same measures that have been in place for the past few months, including the 10:30 pm to […]
Less than 24 hours after the Police issued a wanted bulletin for 24-year-old Mark Anthony Henry for questioning in relation to the murder of West Coast Berbice resident, Sooroojdeo Deochand, the man turned himself in to investigators.. The 68-year-old Sooroojdeo Deochand was discovered in his home with multiple chop wounds about his body on Monday. […]
Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon today sought to clear the APNU+AFC from the drug shortage scandal that is currently dogging the health sector. Recently, it was announced by the Health Ministry that more than $10 Billion worth of expired medical supplies were dumped over the past five years and that compounded the drug shortage. The former […]
The US Department of State has released its 2020 country report on Human Rights Practices and flayed Guyana for a number of human rights breaches. In the 16-page Report posted on the U.S State Department’s Website, the arrest of Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones was described as an “Arbitrary arrest”. The report stated that “in […]
During a meeting with several private security firms on Tuesday, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, called on private security companies to be mindful of the posture of their ranks at locations where they are working. While noting that the expansion of the private security service is assisting in creating a safer Guyana, Minister Benn […]
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