By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
With an ultimatum about to expire for the beginning of talks to address the concerns of healthcare workers, the opposition is warning the government that now is not the time to go to war with the nurses and doctors in Guyana. The APNU+AFC today said it was horrified by the “abhorrent and disgusting threats” issued […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Home Affairs has rehired former Head of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, James Singh to once again serve in that position. Singh was removed from the position in 2017 under the last government following a Commission of Inquiry into the release of a drug boat and its […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
The number of Coronavirus deaths in the country jumped to 92 this afternoon as the Ministry of Health reported on the death of a 38-year-old Region Four man. Another death was recorded early this morning in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit and five other deaths were recorded this past weekend. Since the start of October, […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
Several nurses stayed away from their jobs today while other picketed outside the hospital, pressing the hospital’s management and the government to address their concerns about risk allowances, improved salaries, and adequate protective gear. With the government giving no indication of its next move, the Hospital has started preparations for any widespread strike that it […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2020
News, Politics
The nursing fraternity at the Georgetown Hospital has been plunged into mourning with the passing of a beloved male nurse who retired just two months ago. 55-year-old Mark King passed away early this morning in the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital. He was a patient in the COVID-ICU for the past ten […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2020
News, Politics
Two men from the Barima Waini region are the two latest victims of the coronavirus to lose their lives to the disease. Both men were 56-years-old. A Ministry of Health statement indicated that the two died as patients in a health facility while receiving treatment. Two other deaths were recorded for the weekend. The Health […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Upset with the pace of the investigations into the gruesome murders of teen cousins, Joel and Isaiah Henry, a group of West Berbice residents blocked roads and set fire to tyres this morning. The road blockage in #5 village West Coast Berbice, resulted in vehicles being forced to seek new routes and others turning back. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2020
News, Politics
The PPP Civic Government has retained the services of two of its former Health Ministers to serve as Advisors to the new Health Minister, while one of its Members of Parliament will take on the new role of Director General in the Ministry of Health. In a memo to all Directors and Heads of Department […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2020
Letters, Opinions, Politics
Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to the article “Jordan flatly rejected better allowances for healthcare workers – Minister Parag,” which was published in Guyana Chronicle, October 3, 2020. On reading the article, I was overcome by feelings of amusement, astonishment and indignation. Eventually, having been goaded into doing so, I have decided to respond […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2020
News, Politics
The COVID-19 death toll in Guyana climbed by one on Saturday as 37 new cases were recorded. The latest casualty has only been identified as a 74-year-old woman from Region Four. Her death has taken the total number of Coronavirus fatalities in the country to 86. According to the latest dashboard from the Ministry of […]