On the same day that the Police went ahead and charged labourer Clarence Greene with setting fire to the Brickdam Police station, the Guyana Fire Service announced that while it has concluded that the cause of the fire was arson, none of the prisoners including Greene, made any confession to its investigators about starting the…
–President Ali tells developed nations in call for equity during pandemic recovery PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali is continuing his critical stance against developed countries that are guilty of isolating and discriminating against small and developing nations during the pervasive COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ali’s latest reproach was voiced during the 15th United Nations’ Conference on Trade…
By Kurt Campbell kurt@newsroom.gy The government seems convinced that the burning of the Brickdam Police Station and other institutional buildings including schools are linked, whether directly or indirectly, to the intent and public statements of its political opponents. The Cabinet will meet on Thursday to further discuss this notion and among the main agenda items…
Motorists are expected to get some ease at the pump from this morning as the Government has announced a further reduction in the excise tax on gasoline and diesel to ease the domestic impact of the continuous rise in the world market price for fuel. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced last evening that the…
–non-oil economy records 4.8 per cent growth despite floods, pandemic GUYANA has recorded real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.5 per cent, and a growth of 4.8 per cent in the non-oil economy during the first half of this year, despite being faced with challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the devastating floods…
Former police sergeant Colin Bailey, who allegedly paid to have his ex-girlfriend, Sirmattie Ramnaress killed in 2013, and the alleged hitman, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the crime. Bailey and Colin Grant were arraigned at the Demerara High Court before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the capital offence of murder; they denied that between August…
Guyana’s economy recorded a growth rate of 14.5% in the first half of this year, with the oil sector fueling the majority of that growth. In its mid-year report, the Ministry of Finance indicated that while overall growth for the first six months of this year stands at 14.5%, the non-oil economy recorded growth of…
Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo (inset) on Monday announced that sugar workers who lost their jobs when the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration closed several sugar estates will each receive $250,000 from the government. The vast majority of the 7,500 severed sugar workers suffered tremendous hardship following the decision by the Coalition Government…
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy The risks associated with getting revaccinated for COVID-19 are still unknown and as such, focus should be on ensuring that all eligible people can access COVID-19 vaccines and become protected from the effects of SARS- CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. This is the view of Dr. Jacquelyn Jhingree,…
The Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a 13-year-old Moruca boy, two hours after he was administered a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine that is being used to vaccinate children against COVID-19. A full investigation of the teen’s death has been ordered and a post-mortem examination of his body is to be…
