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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 […]
The Guyana Public Service Union today signaled its intention to take the Government to Court over the ongoing lockout of unvaccinated healthcare workers from their jobs at the public hospitals. The public hospitals have issued a directive to staff members that they must either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or produce a negative COVID-19 test result […]
Oral arguments got underway this afternoon in the High Court in the application filed by Attorney General Anil Nandall to strike out President Ali from legal proceedings brought by the Police Service Commission, lawyers from the two sides maintained their differing views. During his arguments, the Attorney General said the Police Service Commission’s naming of […]
Education Minister Priya Manickchand has defended the government’s decision to reopen schools on the 6th September even as the country continues to experience a spike in the spread of COVID-19 with all indications pointing to the presence of the Delta variant of the virus. At an afternoon press conference with all of her senior Education […]
While all schools across the country will reopen on the 6th of September, students attending Secondary schools will only return to the classroom for face-to-face learning based on the rollout of the vaccination programme. The Government has started the vaccination against COVID-19 for children who are 12-years-old and older. There are 58,000 students who fall […]
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