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Longtime member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Attorney Thandi McAllister has withdrawn her membership from the party over concerns over the party’s current leadership.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. […]
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has not taken kindly to statements made by Guyana Government Advisor Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce attacking the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley. On Thursday, Advisor to the Ministry of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and the Georgetown Chambers of Commerce and […]
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony this afternoon said the Opposition Leader has provided no medical evidence that could force the suspension of the administration of the Sputnik vaccine and therefore the Government will continue to administer the vaccine. At a hastily called press conference aired live on state tv and radio and across social […]
Declaring that the COVID vaccination drive should not be treated as a political issue, President Irfaan Ali this afternoon said the Opposition Leader Joe Harmon is “reckless and selfish” for issuing a call for the use of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to be suspended. At a midday press conference, Mr. Harmon said the vaccination […]
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