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Three weeks after the Guyana Court of Appeal in a 2-1 decision ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the Election Petition case which was thrown out by Chief Justice Roxanne George for late service to former President David Granger, the Attorneys representing the Government and the Vice President are moving to the CCJ to […]
The Ministry of Health is stepping up its efforts to get more fully vaccinated persons to get their booster dose for enhanced protection against COVID-19. Guyana has more than 300,000 fully vaccinated persons and so far, just over 18,000 persons have returned to the clinics and vaccination centres for their booster doses. The Ministry of […]
Frustrated with incomplete works being done on government projects by contractors, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill today announced that the government will be introducing legislation that will see the blacklisting of companies that fail their obligations under government construction contracts. Speaking at a press conference hosted by the Ministry of Public Works, Minister Edghill […]
Civil Society Group Article 13, has once again expressed its disappointment over what it sees as the continuous constitutional violations by the PPP government. In a statement, the group accused the Government of chalking up a formidable list of “constitutional violations”. “What makes those violations worse is the Administration’s cavalier disregard of legitimate calls for […]
The Guyana Public Service Union said today has written to the Public Service Ministry (PSM) once again to begin negotiations for wages, salaries, and allowances, and other working conditions of service for Public Servants for the years 2020 and 2021. The government last year approved a 7% across-the-board pay hike for Public Servants without consulting […]
Faced with reopened schools and an ongoing surge in new COVID-19 cases across the country, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony today urged unvaccinated teachers and students between the ages of 12 and 17-years-old to get vaccinated. The Minister said parents should be encouraging their children to get vaccinated and teachers should get vaccinated too. […]
A number of schools across the country have opted to put a pause on in-person classes this week as the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country continues to climb. Queens College, which was set to begin its in-person classes in full today has informed parents that the virtual classes will continue this week […]
There are now nearly 6000 active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana as the number of positive cases continues to soar. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced that 657 new cases of the virus had been recorded, which was coming 24 hours after another 1016 new cases were recorded. Region Four continues to see the […]
Region 4 Chairman Daniel Seeram and Opposition Member of Parliament Roysdale Forde are among the members of the People’s National Congress Reform who will be added to the party’s Central Executive Committee. Both Seeram and Forde ran for executive positions at the party’s recent elections and lost their bids. However, the party’s constitution allows the […]
The new Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton, has written to former Party Leader David Granger requesting that he surrenders the position of leader of the list for the APNU+AFC. The leader of the list has the power to make changes to the party’s parliamentary representatives. It is unclear whether Granger has […]
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