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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 […]
The two PPP Parliamentary secretaries who have been declared unlawfully appointed by the Chief Justice were not present in the National Assembly today as the Speaker indicated that he will be following the ruling of the Court. The Chief Justice in her ruling made it clear that it would be illegal for the two to […]
The National Assembly meets tomorrow for its first sitting in almost 100 days and before the business of the Assembly gets underway, the Opposition Leader Joe Harmon intends to ask the Speaker to make his position clear on a recent ruling by Chief Justice Roxanne George relating to PPP Parliamentary Secretaries Sarah Brown and Vikash […]
Embattled Deputy Chief Election Officer, Roxanne Myers has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against Government Member of Parliament, Attorney Sanjeev Datadin, and the local media entity Newsroom. The lawsuit was filed by Attorney Nigel Hughes. In the statement of claim, Hughes contends that during a Newsroom interview on March 06, 2020, Datadin while at GECOM’s Command […]
With heavy and persistent rainfall pounding several regions today bringing more floodwaters with it, the Director-General of the Civil Defence Commission, Lt. Col. Kester Craig has declared the flooding situation in Guyana as reaching the stage of a national crisis. Floods have been recorded in all 10 administrative regions and the floodwaters have been rising […]
Although the Government is encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations to stem the spread of the pandemic, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton has made it clear that it is unlawful for workplaces to force their employees to get vaccinated. There have been reports of some workplaces demanding that their employees to get vaccinated or find new jobs. During […]
As flood waters continue to ravage communities across the country, President Irfaan Ali is preparing to seek international help as the government is locked in discussion on additional relief efforts for affected citizens. Appearing on the JumpStart radio programme this morning, President Ali said for immediate short-term relief, the Government will be approaching the National […]
The ExxonMobil company today announced that it has made another oil discovery. The latest discovery is at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Exxon said drilling at Longtail-3 “encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals. The well is located […]
As the Covid-19 vaccination campaign intensifies, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today announced that the government has been in contact with various suppliers to make more vaccines available locally. During his Covid-19 update, Dr. Anthony said so far 212,541 persons have received their first shot of one of the vaccines while 77,980 have received both […]
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