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The Government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive for adolescents is picking up pace with over three thousand of the nation’s children who are 12 to 17 years old receiving the first dose of the Pfizer jab. During Wednesdays Covid-19 update, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said he is so far pleased in the interest shown to get […]
An abusive relationship ended tragically this morning as a 45-year-old man from Recht-Door-Zee on the West Bank of Demerara murdered his wife then took his own life. The dead couple has been identified as Rawlin Rodrigues and his wife, 37-year-old Camele Robertson Rodrigues. Reports state that the man brutally stabbed his wife to death during […]
The Ministry of Education has launched a five-year strategic plan to address the many challenges facing the education sector. At the launch, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said the plan is a culmination of extensive consultations and collaboration with a range of local and international education stakeholders and partners. It has been built on five pillars, […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority and the Ministry of Housing are set to complete 200 houses that are part of the Government’s housing project at Cummings Lodge by the end of October. Construction on another 200 houses in the same area that are part of the project has already started. The Government has indicated […]
The COVID-19 death toll in Guyana jumped to 622 as the Ministry of Public Health reported the deaths of nine more persons. Four of the deaths were recorded today, three were recorded yesterday and the other two were recorded on Sunday. Six of the nine deaths are from Region 4, two are from Region 2 […]
The Appeal Court this afternoon reduced the jail sentences handed down to the mother and stepfather convicted of murdering their daughter Neesa Gopaul to 45 years each. The 16-year-old Queens College student was brutally murdered and her body dumped in 2010. Five years later in 2015, the mother Bibi Gopaul and stepfather, Barry Small were […]
The Guyana Trades Union Congress, the Guyana Public Service Union and the Guyana Teachers Union have joined forces in a Court action against the government over its vaccination policy which has resulted in hundreds of workers who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 being locked out of their jobs. The Court action names Attorney General Anil Nandlall […]
With a garbage disposal problem already plaguing the city and neighbouring areas, more problems may be on the horizon for garbage collection as the Local Government Ministry has instructed that only vaccinated garbage collectors be allowed access to the Haag Bosch dumpsite behind Eccles. The new requirement resulted in packed garbage trucks being turned away […]
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has announced that it has launched a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of former Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan in his car outside the hospital. Mr. Sullivan was rushed to the hospital by his family after encountering breathing problems at home. The 88-year-old man was tested […]
Photographer and Former General Manager of Guyana National Printers Limited, Angold Thompson perished in a fire early this morning at his Campbellville home after becoming trapped in the house. The 76-year-old man reportedly managed to get his wife and other family members out of the burning house at John Street and Stone Avenue.He reportedly ran […]
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