With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
– Minister Edghill reports, urges stakeholder partnership to address road carnage THE vulnerable class of road users (pedal cyclists, motor cyclists and pedestrians) have accounted for 79.9 per cent of deaths in 2020 and 67.7 per cent in 2021, Public Works Minister Bishop Juan Edghill has reported. In a statement addressing the current road safety…
An 18-year-old labourer employed by Forrester Lumber and Building Complex is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after a co-worker turned on a Cement Mixer unaware that the teen was inside the machine cleaning it. Police Headquarters reported that the incident occurred on Friday afternoon at the company’s Stewartsville, West…
Six weeks after stepping aside as Leader of the Opposition, outgoing APNU General Secretary, Joe Harmon has decided to leave the National Assembly altogether. Mr. Harmon has submitted a letter of resignation as a Member of Parliament for the APNU+AFC Coalition. News Source has confirmed that he indicated his decision in writing on Friday to…
LAST March, when borders around the world were being shut to keep out the novel coronavirus, the officials in Baracara decided that they too would not take risks. Adhering to all the necessary guidelines that were outlined by health officials and the World Health Organisation (WHO), residents of this riverine community were able to protect…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
— doctors aiming to do more screening to target early detection By Shamar Meusa THE leading cause of kidney failure in Guyana is diabetes, according to Dr Hemchand Barran, a nephrologist attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Dr. Barran made this disclosure as he addressed members of the media on Friday as part…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
— Transparency Institute, Ursuline Sisters join civil society leaders in distancing themselves from controversial claims made by politically aligned NGOs THE Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) and the Ursuline Sisters in Guyana have distanced themselves from claims in a release made a group of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that accused the government of being ‘out of…
New York State’s largest health care provider, Northwell Health is currently in Guyana seeking, through a partnership with the Ministry of Health, to address health disparities among Guyanese locally and in New York. After signing a five-year medical partnership with the Ministry of Health in November last year, Northwell Health has dispatched a team of…
