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First Lady Arya Ali continues to push for an end to period poverty in Guyana and on Thursday she officially launched her Menstrual Hygiene Initiative in the Region Two community of Anna Regina. As part of the launch, the First Lady provided the Regional Education Department with 1,043 cases of sanitary pads which is equivalent […]
The Members of Parliament for Region 10 along with the Regional Chairman and the Mayor’s Office are in full support of the ongoing protests by healthcare workers and teachers in the region against the government’s vaccination policy, which has seen scores of health workers being locked out of the Linden Hospital. In a joint statement, […]
Schools across the country will reopen on Monday but students of secondary schools who are currently being targeted for vaccination against COVID-19 will only return to their classroom when they are fully vaccinated against the virus. Officials at Secondary schools across the country have been told by the Education Ministry that their reopening will be […]
Workers at the Child Care and Protection Agency stood in unity today as they rejected the vaccination requirement policy. The government agency told staffers yesterday that the unvaccinated staffers would be locked out of the compound this morning. The agency kept that promise but may have been thrown off when all of the workers stayed […]
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country has surged past 2000 with all 10 regions seeing increased cases as the Delta variant of the virus spreads. The Health Ministry is particularly worried by the situation in Regions 3 and 4, which account for more than 80% of the active cases. In Region 4, […]
Two days after Leader of the People’s National Congress, David Granger informed party Chairperson Volda Lawrence and General Secretary Amna Ally that he will be proceeding on a leave of absence from the party, he has now written to the Central Executive Members of the party and the party’s Members of Parliament confirming his decision. […]
Opposition parliamentary spokesperson on Health, Member of Parliament Dr. Karen Cummings issued a call on the government today to reconsider its vaccination strategy since it may be turning off persons who might have eventually considered taking the vaccine shots. While declaring that the Opposition is not against vaccination, Dr. Cummings said the current situation does […]
The official residence of Guyana’s President is being repainted to its original colour of white and the Private Sector Commission is standing the cost, according to President Irfaan Ali. While the President did not offer any details of the repainting plan and the agreement with the Private Sector Commission to cover the cost, he made […]
Telecommunications giant, GTT this morning announced major upgrades to its internet delivery with the launch of its fibre service. GTT customers who already have the Blaze internet service will see the speed of their service increased while the price will be reduced. The company has announced that the service upgrade to GTT Fibre replaces the […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and former Education Minister Nicolette Henry today questioned the government’s rationale behind the reopening of schools for face-to-face learning amid a surge in the number of covid-19 cases across the country. During an Opposition press briefing, the Member of Parliament said she fears that opening schools for face-to-face learning at this […]
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