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Staff members of the National Assembly will have to undergo Coronavirus tests again following the Speaker’s latest diagnosis. House Speaker Manzoor Nadir and three other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. They are all in home isolation. This is the Speaker’s second diagnosis with the disease in three months although he is […]
The move by the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn to write the Police Commissioner on the investigation of several high-ranking Police Officers over various allegations has raised concern in the Police Force. Now the Opposition, APNU+AFC is also expressing concern. Opposition Leader Joe Harmon said the Home Affairs Minister is clearly sticking his hand […]
While an audit of the operations of the government’s Asphalt Plant has raised several questions about procurement, sale, and record keeping practices, the purchase of an $897,000 bracelet for the General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge as a gift is standing out in the report. According to the report, the pricy gift was purchased […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir and three other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. “It has happened again”, the Speaker told News Source this afternoon, confirming that he has tested positive again for COVID-19. Back in September just after the opening of Parliament, the Speaker had announced that he […]
One day after the National Assembly passed an additional $4 Billion in funding for the struggling Guyana Sugar Corporation, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union has welcomed the move. The $4 Billion passed in the supplementary budget takes the total allocation to GUYSUCO for this year to $9 Billion. In a statement today, GAWU […]
Prime Minister Mark Phillips who is the Chairman of the National Task Force on Coronavirus today admitted that the government is facing some challenges in its efforts to tackle the pandemic as many citizens continue to ignore the coronavirus guidelines. The Prime Minister however told the National Assembly today that the government will continue their […]
More than 200 workers of the state-owned oil company, GUYOIL, began a sit in action today to press the company to meet their demands for increased salaries and to also pay them a Christmas bonus. Negotiations for salary increases started earlier this year but are now stalled. The proposal on the table was for the […]
The Magistrates’ Court at Linden has been shut down until the 4th of January over concerns about exposure to coronavirus. In a statement today, the Judiciary announced that the closure of the Court at Linden is a precautionary measure because of exposure to the Covid-19 virus, and to effect sanitization of the Court building and […]
The Ministry of Health reported today that the country has recorded 45 new cases of coronavirus and one additional death. Of the 45 new cases, 34 are from the Region 10 area. The death toll now stands at 160 with the latest fatality being a 73-year-old man from Region Five. Since the start of December, […]
The Government of Guyana and the China Harbour Engineering Company have entered into an agreement that will see additional work being done at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to the tune of US$9 Million. The cost is to be covered by the Engineering company. Under the new agreement, there will be an extension of the Airport’s […]
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