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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 […]
Even as the government faces pushback for its much-touted gas-to-shore project, the administration is moving full speed ahead with the project which it has dubbed the single most important project to Guyana’s development. During his contribution to the Petroleum Exploration and Production (Amendment) Bill in the National Assembly today, Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat said […]
Several unvaccinated Guyanese nationals who are returning home from vacation in the United States and other places are being denied boarding on flights to Guyana. Some local travel agencies have been bombarded with complaints from their Guyanese customers after they were told they could not board their flight to Guyana because they are unvaccinated. While […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir this morning disallowed an Opposition request to move a motion to discuss citizens who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 being denied access to government services. Opposition Leader Joe Harmon wanted to raise the issue as a matter of urgent public importance. The Speaker said it was not an […]
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