By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2020
News
The coronavirus death toll in the country jumped by two today. The Ministry of Health announced the deaths of an 88-year-old man from Region Seven and a 68-year-old woman from Region Four. The two deaths have taken the total number of deaths recorded so far to 162. There are still four persons in the coronavirus […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2020
News, Politics
More than 200 workers of the state-owned oil company, GUYOIL, began a sit in action today to press the company to meet their demands for increased salaries and to also pay them a Christmas bonus. Negotiations for salary increases started earlier this year but are now stalled. The proposal on the table was for the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Magistrates’ Court at Linden has been shut down until the 4th of January over concerns about exposure to coronavirus. In a statement today, the Judiciary announced that the closure of the Court at Linden is a precautionary measure because of exposure to the Covid-19 virus, and to effect sanitization of the Court building and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health reported today that the country has recorded 45 new cases of coronavirus and one additional death. Of the 45 new cases, 34 are from the Region 10 area. The death toll now stands at 160 with the latest fatality being a 73-year-old man from Region Five. Since the start of December, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana and the China Harbour Engineering Company have entered into an agreement that will see additional work being done at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to the tune of US$9 Million. The cost is to be covered by the Engineering company. Under the new agreement, there will be an extension of the Airport’s […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Government will be moving to ensure proper infrastructure is in place in areas earmarked for housing development before house lots are handed out. The assurance came from Prime Minister Mark Phillips today at the Ministry of Housing’s “Dream Realised” housing drive on the West Demerara, which saw hundreds of house lots being distributed. The […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The APNU+AFC through its Chief Whip in Parliament Christopher Jones, has moved to the Courts to challenge the appointments of Vikash Ramkissoon and Sarah Browne as Parliamentary Secretaries and non-elected Members of the National Assembly. Ramkissoon took the oath as Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture while Browne is serving as Parliamentary Secretary for […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
APNU+AFC Member of Parliament and incoming Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, David Patterson has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly again, expressing his frustration over the Speaker’s inaction in convening the meetings of the parliamentary committees. In the letter to Speaker Manzoor Nadir, Mr. Patterson accused the Speaker of failing to uphold […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the murder of 82-year-old retired Priest, George Chuck-A-Sang, whose body was found at his Vlissengen Street home on Monday. Mr. Chuck-A-Sang is believed to have been murdered sometime between Friday morning and Monday afternoon. The body was found clad only in a brief and with multiple stab wounds. The man’s daughter, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 21, 2020
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon has called out the Private Sector Commission over its call for various staff members of the Elections Commission to be replaced before the country moves into preparations for local government elections. In a statement, the Opposition Leader described the Private Sector Commission’s position as political posturing for favours from the incumbent […]