Pfizer first dose already given to quarter of Guyana’s adolescent population
Some 18,299 Guyanese, between the ages of 12 and 17, have already taken the first jab of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Dr....
None of the 36 persons, who died last week of COVID-19, was vaccinated –...
Guyana recorded 36 COVID-19 fatalities last week, making it one of the deadliest weeks since the country confirmed its first imported case on March...
No bail for newspaper vendor charged with harbouring Gordon St., Gold heist suspect
A newspaper vendor was today remanded after being charged with harbouring one of the suspects in the Wallison Enterprise gold heist.
31-year-old Akeem Rajkumar of...
Private charge over promotions list brought against Fire chief
Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo has been released on $10,000 bail after being slapped with a private charge filed by a firefighter.
Edoo, who has been...
Lamaha Park woman wakes up to find gunmen in her room
A 43-year-old, Lamaha Park woman was this morning robbed by four armed men. The incident, according to police, occurred sometime around 03:00hrs.
Enquiries disclosed that...
PNC’s Aubrey Norton, others arrested for “Shut down GT” protest
People's National Congress (PNC), Member, Aubrey Norton, and other persons were arrested this morning as protesters staged a demonstration at the Square of the...
CJIA gets $518 million instrument landing system
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, has commissioned aviation equipment at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), to the tune of $518 million.
During...
Guyana records five more COVID-19 deaths, over 200 new cases
Five more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
Education Ministry says teachers, who choose not to strike, being threatened
See full statement from the Ministry of Education:
The Ministry of Education is aware of open and subtle threats being made to teachers who decided...
GPHC denies understaffing of ‘COVID-19’ hospital
A Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) spokesperson, Chelauna Providence, says that at no time was the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal understaffed.
Her response came...
