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The Guyana Elections Commission this afternoon agreed to send the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, his Deputy Roxanne Myers, and Region 4 Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo on leave pending a decision on whether the Commission will debate and decide on a motion to dismiss them. During today’s meeting of the Elections Commission, the APNU+AFC nominated […]
The Ministry of Health in Guyana has been facilitating the vaccination of staffers attached to Caribbean Airlines from Trinidad and Tobago, especially members of the airline’s flight crew. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony today confirmed that the airline recently requested some assistance in getting staff members vaccinated. Trinidad and Tobago has been facing vaccination […]
More than three weeks after the Ministry of Health announced that it ran out of the second doses for the Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine, Health Officials are still unable to provide any definite timeline for the arrival of the second dose. More than 100,000 persons are awaiting their 2nd dose of the Russian made vaccine. […]
Longtime member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Attorney Thandi McAllister has withdrawn her membership from the party over concerns over the party’s current leadership. McAllister who has also resigned from the Central Executive Committee of the party and its Region 3 Office in a statement this afternoon said she served the PNC for the […]
Two weeks after three patients of the New Amsterdam psychiatric hospital were badly burnt during a fire at the facility, one of the patients has died from his injuries. Family members have identified the dead patient as 38-year-old Wewoushi King of the East Coast of Demerara. King was first admitted to the New Amsterdam hospital […]
Still facing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel industry, regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines has announced its decision to retrench 450 workers across its network, representing 25% of the company’s workforce. After recording profits in 2018 and 2019, Caribbean Airlines recorded financial losses of more than US$109 million in 2020 and in the […]
A fire of unknown origin completely gutted a section of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School on Saturday afternoon and the Education Minister has given the assurance that the school will be rebuilt. It was just after 1 o’clock on Saturday afternoon that heavy smoke was seen billowing from one of the main buildings at the […]
In wake of concerns expressed by the Opposition Leader about the Government’s purchase of the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine, the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy revealed today that a total of 61,000 persons have been fully vaccinated with the Sputnik vaccine. That simply means that the total number of people receiving […]
President Irfaan Ali has defended his decision to suspend all of the members of the Police Service Commission with plans to set up a tribunal to look into their eventual removal. In an interview with News Source, President Ali said he has followed the law in the way he has dealt with the Police Service […]
The ruling in the case which challenges the exclusion of several senior ranks from the 2020 Police promotion list has been further delayed. The Chief Justice was expected to make a ruling on the case today but following additional submissions by the applicants, she has decided to push back her ruling to the 28th June. […]
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