By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2022
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President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Mark Lyte has promised to take sterner action in the new school year to ensure that issues related to the nation’s teachers are addressed. In a video statement on the reopening of schools for full time face to face classes today, the GTU President said for too long, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2022
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The Ministry of Finance has reported that Guyana recorded an overall real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 36.4 percent in the first half of this year, with the non-oil economy growing by 8.3 percent. According to the Ministry, the growth reflects the Government’s supportive policy stance. With the growth rate expected to continue to […]
By News Source Guyana on September 2, 2022
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G), Olive Sampson has referred the Culture Minister Charles Ramson Jr. to the Ministry of Finance for all of the financial information that he has requested from the organisation. In a response to the Culture Minister’s letter seeking financial documents, the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 2, 2022
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Distinguished Guyanese-born Jurist, Justice Louise Blenman today vowed to improve the Belizean Justice System moments after being sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Belize. “I shall use my best efforts to improve the administration of justice in Belize. I am committed to ensuring that the most important court users, mainly the litigants, are provided with […]
By News Source Guyana on September 2, 2022
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A 37-bed unit has been set up at the Infectious Disease Hospital to treat identified and suspected cases of Monkeypox even as the Ministry of Health works along with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) to source vaccine and antiviral medication to treat infected persons, health officials announced at Duke Lodge on Friday. At the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 1, 2022
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Since the first case of COVID-19 and related death was recorded in Guyana in 2020, the country has recorded a total of 1,278 deaths from the virus in the past two years. Of those deaths, the Ministry of Health has revealed that 741 of them were recorded at the Ocean View Hospital. Minister of Health […]
By News Source Guyana on September 1, 2022
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The Ocean View Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal which was established to treat and care for serious COVID-19 patients is now accepting other patients who are suffering from other infectious diseases. August marked two years since the hospital has been in operation. In the past two years, it has seen more than 4000 COVID-19 patients. […]
By News Source Guyana on September 1, 2022
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The APNU+AFC Opposition has filed a motion seeking an early hearing of its appeal to Chief Justice Roxane George’s decision that there is nothing unconstitutional about Section 22 of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act and Order 60 (Recount Order). The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) had relied on Order 60 and the Elections Laws (Amendment) Act […]
By News Source Guyana on September 1, 2022
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On Wednesday as the United Nations observed the International Day for People of African Descent, the Minister of Culture in Guyana, Charles Ramson Jr., dispatched a letter to the International Decade for People of African Descent General Assembly-Guyana, requesting the organisation’s financial records within five days. The organisation IDPADA-G has been receiving support funding from the Government of Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on August 31, 2022
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The US Embassy in Georgetown today indicated that it continues to examine ways to creatively reduce the wait times for visa interviews. The statement came in response to queries from News Source Guyana about the long wait times that continue for visa interviews for non-immigrant visitors visa. In its response to News Source, the embassy […]