APNU/AFC hullabaloo about CET on soap is latest example of ‘distortion of facts’ –...
The Ministry of Finance says it has taken note of a release by the A Partnership for National Unity /Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) leadership...
Ministry denies students being forced to take COVID-19 vaccine at New Amsterdam Nursing School
The Ministry of Health is refuting claims made by a Member of Parliament on social media that Nursing Students at the New Amsterdam Nursing...
Oil is king of exports for first quarter; gold & forestry perform poorly –Central...
Guyana’s booming oil sector continues to be the supreme leader of exports based on the statistics of Central Bank for the first quarter of...
COVID-19 Update: Two more die; 98 new cases reported
The death of two more COVID-19 patients has now taken Guyana's death toll to 376.
The latest fatalities are a 62-year-old female from Region Four...
COVID-19: 12% of adult population fully vaccinated; Ministry mulls more ‘drive-thru’ initiatives
Some 191,151 persons have since received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This amounts to 39.3% of the adult population, Health Minister Dr...
Harmon chides gov’t for the reimposition of tax on soaps
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has taken umbrage to the reimposition of 40% Common External Tariff (CET) on various soaps, including hand soaps. CET is...
10lbs of ganja found in minibus at Fort Wellington
Yesterday, about 18:57hrs, acting on information, police stopped minibus #BYY5866 containing 10 passengers and a driver in front of the Fort Wellington Police Station.
The...
Brazilian nationals remanded over cocaine found in plane
Two Brazilian nationals were today remanded to prison for trafficking 453 kilograms of cocaine and entering Guyana illegally.
65-year-old Salim Nobrega De Alimser and 30-year-old...
CJ rules that SoPs should be released to Police, DPP for criminal cases
Chief Justice (ag) Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, SC, today ruled that the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Suenna Lovell, can release the Statements of Poll...
Six fatalities added to COVID-19 death count
The Ministry of Health (MOH) informs that six deaths have been added to Guyana's total count of COVID-19 related fatalities.
The death toll is now...
