THE Guyana Police Force (GPF), in collaboration with the United States Embassy’s Military Information Support Team and the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), on Friday, hosted a COVID-19 vaccination drive for its ranks at the Police Officers’ Mess Hall, Eve Leary. According to Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus, the initiative was birthed as a way to…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
–VP Jagdeo THE 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed between the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil has been widely criticised for its lopsidedness. But with the passage of the local content legislation, Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said the law now recoups the benefits lost from the Exxon deal. “This has suddenly made Guyanese companies very…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
–major focus on infrastructure, tax reductions, welfare of Guyanese VICE-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said that Budget 2022 will be financed partly by Guyana’s oil revenues. This will be Guyana’s first withdrawal from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) since Guyana started collecting oil revenues in early 2020. In a virtual interview with the National Communications…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
THE Guyana Police Force said it has noted with great concern an online news article which states that a purportedly Guyana registered motor vessel named Eolika has been detained in Dakar, Senegal and the crew arrested, after a search by Customs officials there unearthed a quantity of illegal arms and ammunition. According to a release,…
Sri Lanka sealed their qualification for the Super League stage with a dramatic victory over West Indies, while South Africa defeated Ireland to also book their place in the quarter-finals. Dunith Wellalage and Matheesha Pathirana both took three wickets apiece as Sri Lanka restricted the hosts to 250 before Sadisha Rajapaksa (76), Anjala Bandara (40)…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
THE Public Utilities Commission (PUC) awarded $53,407,551 in credits to consumers from the various utility companies in 2021, with 88.8 per cent of the payments being from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL). GPL was ordered to pay out a total of $47,881,088.00 while the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) had to hand…
