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Newly elected Chairman of Region Four, Daniel Seeram, has indicated that the Regional Democratic Council is willing to work along with the Central Housing and Planning Authority in the efforts to ensure the development of house lots for Region Four residents. Mr. Seeram attended the outreach that the Housing Ministry hosted this morning with East […]
The Guyana Public Service Union has given the Government and the Georgetown Public Hospital a 72-hour ultimatum to begin moves to address the concerns of nurses and other healthcare workers who have been on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. The move by the union comes in wake of the GPHC threatening the health […]
Hundreds of residents and squatters along the East Coast of Demerara gathered this morning to meet with officials from the Central Housing and Planning Authority to discuss and make house lot applications. The meeting was originally planned to cater to squatters who have been in a stand-off with Guysuco after occupying the company’s lands at […]
The Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil have signed the license for the Payara offshore development, further expanding ExxonMobil’s investment in the local oil sector. The approval of the project follows several reviews and consultations by local and international experts, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The project in the Stabroek Block is expected to […]
Teargas and pellets were fired at squatters in the Success area this afternoon as they held their ground in a stand-off with the Police as a bridge linking the main road to the squatters’ settlement was destroyed. The Police were called in by the sugar company, Guysuco, which has been trying to get the squatters […]
The National Executive Council of the Alliance For Change is set to gather for an emergency meeting on Sunday. The meeting will discuss the way forward for the party following the decision by APNU Councillors and one of its own AFC Councilors to go against an agreement and vote against the AFC nominee for the […]
With the Opposition Leader saying he is open for discussions with the government on national issues, President Irfaan Ali believes the Opposition needs to first recognise the government and the President as legitimate before any such discussions could begin. “You have to be able to accept that I am the person you want to work […]
Declaring that the Government appears to have no plan or strategy to handle the current COVID-19 situation in Guyana, the opposition APNU+AFC today described the PPP’s handling of the pandemic since taking office as “disastrous”. There are more than 1000 active COVID-19 cases in the country with 80 deaths recorded as of Tuesday. 60 of […]
Two more persons died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health. On Tuesday evening, the Ministry of Health announced the deaths of a 77-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman. Both have been identified as residents of Region Four. The two latest deaths have brought the number of total deaths to 80. 60 […]
The Ministry of Health revealed today that 59 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Guyana as of midnight Monday. The 59 new cases have taken the total number of active cases to 1,110. Of the more than 1100 active cases, 917 of those persons who tested positive for COVID-19 are in home isolation […]
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