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The Regional Health Office in Linden has launched a house-to-house campaign to get more residents of the community vaccinated against Coronavirus. While the Region 10 community continues to lag behind the rest of Guyana with the number of persons vaccinated, the spread of the virus has been increasing steadily in the region, especially in Linden. […]
As floodwaters remain constant in several communities across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission, which has been leading the flood response and relief efforts, believes that the country will need regional and international support to adequately respond to the needs of the flood-hit areas and assist them in their recovery. In a statement, the CDC noted […]
Days after the Head of the Civil Defence Commission indicated that the floods across Guyana have reached the stage of a national disaster and crisis, President Irfaan Ali has made the formal declaration. In a gazetted proclamation of the floods as a national disaster, it was noted that a total of 28,228 households in Guyana […]
The Guyana Defence Force is reminding citizens across the country that soldiers from a number of countries are in Guyana for Operation Tradewinds, a military training exercise. As part of the exercise, there will be the movement of US military helicopters and other military vehicles in Georgetown, Bartica, Timehri and Linden. The GDF said members […]
Expressing concern and worry that a woman was arrested earlier this week for forging a Covid-19 vaccination card, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today made it clear that persons caught forging COVID-19 vaccination certificates/cards will face the full brunt of the law. According to Dr. Anthony, persons need to understand that they are putting their […]
The British Government has announced the appointment of Jane Miller as the new British High Commissioner to Guyana. Ms. Miller will also serve as the non-resident British Ambassador to Suriname. She is expected to take up her post in Guyana in July. According to a statement from the British Foreign Office, the newly appointed High […]
The new CEO of GTT has announced a decision to reorganize the management of the company, setting up four business units that will each have their own Chief Operations Officer. The four units will cover Home and Fixed Service, Mobile Services, Business Solutions, and Mobile Money. GTT’s new CEO Damian Blackburn who has been on […]
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has lauded the Opposition APNU+AFC for its recent efforts to encourage persons to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Opposition has launched its own public information campaign to encourage citizens to take the vaccines. During a statement in the National Assembly this afternoon, the Health Minister reminded the Assembly that the […]
41-years after his death, the Government of Guyana today announced its decision to amend the cause of death on Dr. Walter Rodney’s death certificate. While it is unclear what provision exists for the cause of death to be changed on a death certificate, Attorney General Anil Nandlall told the National Assembly that the late WPA […]
Prime Minister Mark Phillips painted a grim picture of the current flood situation across the country this afternoon in the National Assembly as he outlined the government’s plans to deal with the situation. In a statement, the Prime Minister said the country experienced the second-highest amount of rainfall for 40 years in the past month […]
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