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The Guyana Public Service Union today gave the Government a two-week ultimatum to wrap up negotiations on the demands being made by nurses and other healthcare workers in the public sector. The nurses are pushing for increased risk allowances, improved salaries and additional protective gear as they remain on the frontline of the fight against […]
The number of coronavirus cases in Guyana continues to climb daily with the death rate also on the increase. With the worrying trend, President Irfaan Ali today pleaded with citizens to stop taking the coronavirus pandemic lightly. “You can have the best plan, but if people themselves do not understand the impact, if people themselves […]
Three more persons passed away from the Coronavirus pandemic in the past 24 hours pushing the total death toll to 98. The Ministry of Health this afternoon reported the death of a 41-year-old woman and a 64 year-old-man from Region Four and a 58-year-old man from Region One. A Ministry of Health source told News […]
In the past 24 hours, Guyana recorded three additional Coronavirus related deaths, taking the total number of deaths in the country to 95. An 84-year-old woman, a 67-year-old man and a 61-year-old man who were all from Region Four represent the latest fatalities. They were all patients in the hospital, according to the Ministry of […]
The Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers was taken into Police custody this morning and remains in custody this evening after refusing to answer questions as the Police continue their probe into allegations of electoral fraud. Myers is being represented by Attorney Nigel Hughes. The Attorney told News Source that Ms. Myers has been moved […]
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon has written to the Prime Minister requesting the immediate removal of businessman Roshan Khan as a member of the Ethnic Relations Commission. Khan who has been serving on the ERC since 2018 has been making a number of racially insensitive statements on Facebook over the past few weeks, triggering widespread condemnation. […]
Local and regional mobile service operator, Digicel, has welcomed the government’s announcement of the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in Guyana. Digicel, which has been pushing for a liberalised sector since it entered the market more than a decade ago, believes the move is coming at a right time, as Guyana prepares for unprecedented growth […]
Three persons lost their lives to the coronavirus disease in Guyana on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to 93. A 38-year-old man, a 55-year-old retired male nurse and an 84-year-old woman were identified as the three latest fatalities. They were all from the Region 4 area. The male nurse only retired from the […]
In a late night address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Phillips formally announced the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector with the Commencement Orders being issued which will fully bring into force the Telecommunications Act 2016 (the “Act”) and the Public Utilities Commission Act 2016. The Prime Minister said “the commencement of these Acts is […]
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs under the PPP Civic government, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has officially taken up the office as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Ms. Rodrigues-Birkett will be based at the Guyana UN Mission Office in New York. Just after the 2015 elections, the former Minister left Guyana and took up a job […]
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