The APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for the Guyana Elections Commission to put itself in a state of readiness to begin a house to house registration process that would ensure a clean and credible voters list. During the coalition’s weekly press conference today, Executive Member Aubrey Norton said with the election petition cases moving…
– major oilfield service providers ‘migrating’ to Guyana By Navendra Seoraj SEEN as the new investment capital of the Region, Guyana, a fledgling petroleum state, is fast becoming a magnet for major investors in the oil and gas sector, attracting even some Fortune 500 companies which have started to ‘migrate’ here from Brazil and Trinidad…
Kwebana, a small village in the Moruca Sub-district in Region One will go on full lockdown from Sunday as a result of increased COVID-19 cases. The lockdown will last for two weeks, the village’s Toshao Paul Pierre told the News Room during an interview on Friday. Already two persons have died and there are over…
A group of supporters of PNC Chairperson Volda Lawrence picketed outside the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over the charges being faced by Ms. Lawrence in relation to allegations of electoral fraud. The protesters were loud in their call for the charges to be dropped in wake of the decision by the same…
– Coalition comes into spotlight; gov’t condemns intimidation THE Government has expressed strong condemnation of the attack on the residence of Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire by four suspects, two of whom entered her yard, one armed with an air pistol and confronted two police ranks on duty on Wednesday. The attack comes one day before…
The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 27 new COVID-19 cases from 143 tests. This brings the total known cases since March to 3, 877 of which 2, 853 persons have recovered and 117 persons have died. There are 16 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, 70 in institutional isolation and 821 on home…
In its effort to support online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that it will be allowing students to visit a number of educational websites without an internet data plan. The decision follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education (MOE)…
– President Ali hails former President Janet Jagan’s contribution to Guyana By Rabindra Rooplall THE legacy of Guyana’s first female President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister, First Vice-President and Deputy Speaker of Guyana, was celebrated on Tuesday with the unveiling of Commemorative Centenary Stamps. President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, joined Government officials and…
Five persons who were squatting at Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD) have now taken up shelter provided by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) at the Graham’s Hall Primary School, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara. The CDC in a statement on Wednesday noted that “three males and two females have taken up occupancy as more squatters…
As the fallout continues across the Caribbean over the questionable results of the CXC exams this year, a review by the regional examination body has found that many students were left ungraded because of the late and in some cases non submission of school based assessments by teachers. Education Minister Priya Manickchand today said it…
