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In the aftermath of last evening’s devastating fire which completely gutted the Sharon’s Mall building on King Street, the Home Affairs Ministry is reminding building owners of the need and the importance of having sprinklers and other fire prevention equipment installed at their buildings especially high-rise buildings. In a statement, the Home Affairs Ministry also […]
Hundreds of millions of dollars in losses went up in flames on Wednesday evening as fire gutted the Sharon’s Mall on King and Charlotte Streets. A number of small businesses and law offices were housed in the building and all were destroyed. The Fire Service was first summoned to the four-story complex just after 5pm […]
While the government is still to confirm the presence of one of the Coronavirus variants in Guyana, it is grappling now with an increase in daily infections and deaths. In the past 24 hours, two more deaths and 137 new cases were recorded. The death toll has now climbed to 293. A total of 60 […]
The Government of Suriname has suspended the Canawaima Ferry Service indefinitely in a bid to curb the COVID-19 cases in Suriname, the Ministry of Public Works has announced. The Ministry, through the Junior Public Works Minister, Deodat Indar, said only repatriation trips will be allowed and health emergency evacuations during the lockdown. “Effective today to […]
Three dorm students of the Linden Foundation Secondary School have tested positive for Coronavirus. There are now efforts underway in the Linden community to get contact tracing done, especially since the students who are preparing for CXC exams were attending classes as recent as late last week. Region 10 Chairman Deron Adams summoned a meeting […]
Scores of workers attached to the Guyana Power and Light company (GPL) used their lunch break today to protest outside the company’s Main Street headquarters, calling for their salary increase issue to be resolved. The GPL workers are represented by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial & Industrial Employees, (NAACIE). According to the Union’s General […]
The ExxonMobil company has announced another major oil discovery in Guyana. In a statement, the company said the latest discovery was made at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. “Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 […]
Two more persons died from coronavirus late on Monday, taking the total number of persons who passed away yesterday to five. According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the two latest victims were a 72-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man from Region Four. The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country continues to soar […]
The month of April has emerged as the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana with 54 deaths recorded in the past 25 days. October 2020 was the previous deadliest month with its 44 recorded deaths. In the past three days, a total of 10 deaths were recorded, pushing the total death toll to […]
Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall has welcomed the decision of Chief Justice Roxanne George to dismiss the election petition which sought to vitiate the results of the 2020 elections. In a statement, Mr. Nandlall said the ruling by the Chief Justice was sound and in keeping with the law. “This decision ought not to […]
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