–but needs private sector support, says Dr. Anthony WITH the rest of the world abuzz with talk of a COVID-19 pill that could put a major dent in the spread of COVID19, Guyana is not ruling out the use of this pill. once it becomes available. During his regular COVID-19 update on Wednesday, Health Minister…
Reshma Lall, the daughter of 52-year-old Indira Lall, who was reportedly strangled to death by a taxi driver on Monday night, has recounted the harrowing details. The woman’s two children are seeking answers and justice in her tragic murder. Lall of Affiance Village, Essequibo Coast was dropped off at her daughter’s house by the taxi…
-site to be identified by 2025 AS part of its landmark mission to have Guyana achieve the globally coveted use of 70 per cent renewable energy, the Dr. Irfaan Ali-led government will be pursuing the establishment of not one, but two massive hydropower plants. This was outlined in the expanded draft Low Carbon Development Strategy…
By Kurt Campbell kurt@newsroom.gy Health authorities in Guyana are confident that the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with New York City’s largest healthcare provider – Northwell Health – will lend to the improvement of the current standards of patient care here. The highlight of a one week visit to Guyana by 17…
High Court Judge Navindra Singh, has ordered former cultural adviser Ruel Johnson to pay $5M in damages along with other costs by January 7 next year to former Bishops High School teacher Coen Jackson for defaming his character in several statements that Johnson made on his Facebook page. Back in 2017, Johnson launched a relentless…
–$400M payout for frontline health workers TO further improve the living standards of Guyanese, the government has announced a seven per cent increase in wages and salaries for all categories of public servants. The increase, which is expected by the end of December, will be paid to public servants, including teachers, members of the Disciplined…
Two foreigners, who landed at the Mahdia Airstrip in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in an unmarked aircraft, were on Friday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $11 million on four additional charges. Juan David Caicedo Villa, 32, a pilot of Colombia, and 48-year-old Gustavo Adolfo Riascos Gomez, a pilot and businessman of Tachira San Cristobal,…
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today announced that a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccines will be available for persons 50 years and above from next week. During today’s COVID-19 update, the Health Minister said based on recommendations from Health Authorities, booster shots are necessary since data has shown that six months after a person…
Although new infections are being recorded daily at a rate of over 50 per day, Guyana continues to record a reduction in the overall number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country and the vaccination campaign is being credited for the sharp decline. Last week the Minister of Health announced that Region Three…
Although new infections are being recorded daily at a rate of over 50 per day, Guyana continues to record a reduction in the overall number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country and the vaccination campaign is being credited for the sharp decline. Last week the Minister of Health announced that Region Three…
