The Government of Guyana this afternoon announced that the portfolios of the former Ministers who have resigned will be handled in the interim by the Government Ministers who acted in their position. The President’s Office this morning announced that the President had accepted the resignations of the Government Members of Parliament who are holders of…
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A statement late Tuesday from the Government clarified that the coalition members who resigned as Parliamentarians also resigned as Government Ministers and in the interim, the portfolios of Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Business and Public Service would now be held by sitting members of Cabinet who previously acted for these ministers on leave or…
Two young Lindeners, who got engaged last year, became the country’s latest road accident victims this evening when they were hit down and run over by a speeding 4×4 pick-up on the Amelia’s Ward hill in Linden. Dead are 23-year-old Oneil DeYounge and 20-year-old Sheshyka Etienne. Reports out of the mining town of Linden state…
An official at the Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that two of the patients who became ill at a manganese mining operation at Matthew’s Ridge recently, have been diagnosed with leptospirosis. Reports are that tests are still being undertaken on the another five patients who were brought out of the North West District area
After returning to her home a little over a year ago following an attack that required her having emergency brain surgery, the upper body of an elderly Berbice woman was found in a burning heap aback her home. Dead is Bhagwandai Deonarine of Plantation Hope, West Coast Berbice sometime around 19:30 hrs. Relatives said the…
An 18-year-old youth of Albouystown was gunned down this morning at a street football game in the community. Details of the shooting incident are unclear. The dead young man has been identified as Christopher Mansfield aka “Gully Bop”. His mother broke down in tears at the Georgetown Hospital as doctors announced the man’s death to…
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence is refuting claims in some sections of the local media that the H1N1 virus is to blame for the death of a Chinese national working in a mining firm in Barima/Waini (Region One). Lawrence said Saturday night that Ministry of Public Health specialists were still conducting “a battery of tests”
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) held its fourth UncappeD event, at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday. This year’s event featured 70 local agro-processors showcasing an impressive array of products, made with local raw materials. The Guyana National Bureau of Standards, a Semi-Autonomous Agency under the Ministry of Business also participated in the…
One of the crew members for the cruise ship currently docked in Georgetown was robbed late last evening after he ventured out on his own for a nightlife experience. According to a statement from the tour company, the Police worked along with the company to facilitate an evening tour of Guyana nightlife for the visiting…
