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Hours after the Guyana Elections Commission by a majority vote terminated the contracts of the body’s Chief Election Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer, Ms. Roxanne Myers and the Region 4 Returning Officer for General and Regional Elections 2020, Mr. Clairmont Mingo, GECOM Chair, Justice Claudette Singh explained that the terminations were provided […]
The Guyana Elections Commission today terminated the contract of Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, and Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo. The three were terminated in keeping with the provision of their contracts. They will be leaving the Commission with all of their benefits. When the Commission met […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is warning importers and other businesses that they could face the long arm of the law if they do not pass on the reduction in import charges to consumers. The GRA has given effect to President Irfaan Ali’s directive on the reduction of import charges to pre-pandemic levels in the […]
Chief Medical Officer, (CMO) Dr. Narine Singh, has advised that based on recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) several categories of persons can be exempted from taking the COVID-19 vaccine. In a memo copied to the Minister of Health and other officials, Dr. Singh […]
The Chairman and members of Guyana’s first Law Reform Commission were sworn in on Wednesday by President Irfaan Ali. The Chairman of the Commission is retired Justice of Appeal B.S Roy. The other members are Vice President of the Guyana Bar Association Teni Housty, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Clarissa Rheil, Educator Dr. […]
With cross-dressing officially removed as a criminal offence in Guyana, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination(SASOD) is pleased with the recognition of the ruling that was handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice three years ago. In a statement, SASOD emphasized that there are still gaps in local laws that legislators need to fill […]
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today said medical staff attached to the Linden Hospital Complex, who are being locked out because they are unvaccinated, need to produce a negative PCR COVID-19 test in order to return to work. The Health Minister explained that there is a clear guideline that now mandates Health Workers who are […]
The move by the management of the Linden Hospital to lock the gates on all unvaccinated staff members resulted in work in the hospital’s emergency unit and operating theater grinding to a halt. Nurses, Doctors and other staffers who are unvaccinated were denied entry into the hospital’s compound this morning. They were told that they […]
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today confirmed that unvaccinated Guyanese citizens who are overseas will not get a free pass when they are ready to return home. During his daily COVID-19 update, the Health Minister said only children below the age of 18-years-old and pregnant women will be exempted from the vaccination policy. Women who […]
The National Assembly early this morning passed an Amendment Bill which clears the way for the decriminalization of ‘cross-dressing’ The Bill amends the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act of Guyana by deleting a section of the Act which makes it an offence for any person to dress as the opposite gender, in a public place, for […]
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