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Coalition Govt spent almost $1B for expired medicines, supplies – Health Minister

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony, during the 2020 budget debate on Thursday, revealed that the former APNU/AFC Administration had spent almost one billion dollars...

Anthony urges public to stop discriminating against frontline workers

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony is urging the public to stop discriminating against healthcare workers, saying they do not pose a COVID-19 risk...

Guyana records 62nd Covid-19 death

The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that as of 16:30hrs on September 17, 2020, one other person who tested positive for the novel...

Guyana records 61st Covid-19 death

The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that as of 15:00hrs on September 17, 2020, one other person who tested positive for the novel...

“Disturbance” at Lusignan Prison after 2 inmates test positive for Covid-19

Prison Director Gladwin Samuels has announced that the news of novel coronavirus in the Lusignan Prison today created "some amount of disturbance" among the...

Guyana records 60th Covid-19 death

Shortly after announcing the country's 59th Covid-19 death, the Ministry of Health has now revealed that yet another person has succumbed as a result...

Guyana records 59th Covid-19 death

An 80-year-old woman from Region One (Barima-Waini) is Guyana's latest Covid-19 death. This brings the country's Covid-19 death toll to 59. Meanwhile, the country has recorded...

14 parliamentary staff test positive for Covid-19

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir has announced that 14 parliamentary employees have tested positive for Covid-19. This announcement was made at the start...

Jamaican, Guyanese women newest COVID-19 cases in Barbados

(CMC) A 20-year-old Jamaican woman is one of two people to test positive for COVID-19 in Barbados. Health officials there said the woman tested positive...

2 inmates at Lusignan Prison test positive for Covid-19

Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has announced that two inmates at the Lusignan Prison Holding Bay have tested positive for Covid-19. The circumstances under which...

Recent Articles

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...