Staff members of the National Assembly will have to undergo Coronavirus tests again following the Speaker’s latest diagnosis. House Speaker Manzoor Nadir and three other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. They are all in home isolation. This is the Speaker’s second diagnosis with the disease in three months although he is…
— to occupy over 100 acres of land, create about 200 jobs AN extravagant US$35 million (G$7B) Four Point Hotel and Resort will soon be erected on 100 acres of land at Timehri, close to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). This mega project is the brainchild of the Beepats Distributing Company, which, after careful…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) will not be able to go ahead with its annual promotion of police ranks this year. Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George on Thursday granted an Order which instructs that current status quo in the Guyana Police Force remains as it is until the matter comes up again before her on…
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir and three other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. “It has happened again”, the Speaker told News Source this afternoon, confirming that he has tested positive again for COVID-19. Back in September just after the opening of Parliament, the Speaker had announced that he…
— for some lawyers retained by former AG Chambers in elections fiasco By Richard Bhainie THERE has been a recent discovery by the Attorney-General (AG) Chambers that there is no paper trail, including contracts or invoices, to account for some of the external counsel who appeared on behalf of the former AG Chambers in the…
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Wednesday revealed that Guyana does not have the capability to test for the new variant of COVID-19 which health experts are reporting is more transmissible. However, the Minister revealed that testing can be done through the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) but he did not state how long…
The Guyana Police Force is stepping up patrols across the country as it has recorded a 25% increased in armed robberies despite the coronavirus pandemic. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn made the grim announcement today as he defended the government’s purchase of 15 new motorcycles to assist the Police Force in its patrols. The motorcycles,…
–close to 1,000 persons gain employment at shuttered estates, says Minister Mustapha By Navendra Seoraj REPAIRING Guyana’s ‘damaged’ and ‘neglected’ sugar industry will be a tall task, but it is one which the government has shown it is ready to take on and accomplish successfully, said Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, as he made his…
The government on Monday gained Parliamentary approval for a supplementary budget of over $18 billion which includes $2.5 billion being used to pay out the COVID-19 relief grants of $25,000 for each household. Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindyha Persaud, told the National Assembly that the initial budgeted sum for the COVID-19…
Police investigators have arrested the main suspect in the murder of a Princes Street, Lodge woman and her daughter over the holiday weekend. The Cuban national was arrested at Amelia’s Ward in Linden on Sunday night, two days after the gruesome murders. The lifeless bodies of 34-year-old Tara Krishram and her 11-year-old daughter were found…
