Several of the Wärtsilä engineers tasked with investigating the issues at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) power plant at the Garden of Eden on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) have tested positive for COVID, stalling those investigations. GPL’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bharat Dindyal told the News Room on Monday that a team…
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…
Press Release by the Ministry of Labour The Ministry of Labour wishes to announce that it has taken swift action to investigate reports of a local business refusing to pay a Turkish national formerly in its employ. Over the weekend reports began circulating about a Turkish national, Emre Kiremit, who was brought to Guyana by…
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…
Several persons were injured after the pick-up (GAB 4784) they were in lost control, crashed into the median and toppled several times along the Providence, East Bank Demerara Public Road. Police Headquarters reported that the accident occurred at about 00:45 hrs on Monday. The driver of the vehicle Sirpaul Singh, 38, of Croal Street, Georgetown…
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…
(BBC) – The military in Burkina Faso says it has seized power and overthrown President Roch Kaboré. The announcement was made on state television by an army officer, who said both the government and parliament had been dissolved. Mr Kaboré’s whereabouts are unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure…
Nineteen-year-old Keshon David of William Street, Kitty, Georgetown suffered a fractured skull after he was involved in a hit and run accident at the intersection of Broad and Lyng Streets, Charlestown on Sunday. David is hospitalised in a serious condition, Police Headquarters reported. The accident occurred at about 13:00hrs and according to the police, David…
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…
More than 17,000 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of January representing the highest number of infections recorded since the pandemic came to Guyana. The country has also recorded 79 deaths since the start of this month, with 23 of those deaths confirmed in the past three days alone. The continuing spread…
