The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit improved its drug seizures in 2021 as against the previous year, and the Head of the drug enforcement agency is crediting the hard work of his ranks and a number of intelligence-led operations and government support for the agency’s success. In its 2021 operations report, CANU pointed out that in 2021,…
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, who heads the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), says that the body is committed to investigating all reports of COVID-19 breaches, especially at events where permission was granted with the understanding that the COVID-19 regulations would be adhered to. The Prime Minister’s statement comes just days after many decried…
The Ministry of Health is stepping up its efforts to get more fully vaccinated persons to get their booster dose for enhanced protection against COVID-19. Guyana has more than 300,000 fully vaccinated persons and so far, just over 18,000 persons have returned to the clinics and vaccination centres for their booster doses. The Ministry of…
A Johanna South, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne Berbice man was severely beaten by a group of men who have all been arrested. Gregory Bhola, 29, a labourer, is in critical condition in the intensive care unit of the New Amsterdam Hospital. His father, Errol Bhola told police that on Sunday last at about 17:45hrs, he…
Three weeks after the Guyana Court of Appeal in a 2-1 decision ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the Election Petition case which was thrown out by Chief Justice Roxanne George for late service to former President David Granger, the Attorneys representing the Government and the Vice President are moving to the CCJ to…
Months after he benefited from a premature three-year renewal to his contract as the Personal Assistant to the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Duarte Hetsberger’s contract with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been terminated. The News Room understands that Hetsberger is allegedly a prime suspect in the deleting of important data from computers within the…
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council has passed a motion seeking the termination of the services of City Engineer Colvern Venture over alleged underperformance. The motion which was tabled by Councilors Heston Bostwick and Clayton Hinds in December came up for discussion and passage at Monday’s statutory meeting of the Council, which was the first…
President Irfaan Ali today announced that Guyana will be joining several of its Caribbean colleagues in moving closer to cleaner energy, not only as a means of taking its global commitments seriously, but also to help mitigate the impact of Climate Change. The President was at the time delivering remarks at the commissioning of a…
THE world is in a very different place to where it was six years ago when it committed to the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. At the time, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) was optimistic that with transformative approaches, past progress could be accelerated, at scale,…
THE Ministry of Health announced on Monday that the United States-made Pfizer vaccine is now available as a booster for persons who took the Russian Sputnik V as a primary vaccine. When the ministry began its booster regimen late last year, persons who took two doses of the Sputnik V were advised to take the…
