Last Updated on Thursday, 17 January 2019, 20:31 by Writer Guyana and other Caribbean countries were Thursday urged to push back against a possible major outbreak of dengue across the region in view of disease forecasts and a recent upsurge of the mosquito-borne illness. “Disease modelling, however, predicts that another regional outbreak of Dengue may occur in the near future,” ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 January 2019, 20:10 by Writer President David Granger has reissued his book, The Rupununi Rebellion to mark the 50th anniversary of the quelling of the Rupununi rebellion which broke out on January 2, 1969, less than three years after Guyana achieved Independence. The President was serving as Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the Guyana ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 January 2019, 20:04 by Writer All caravan planes being operated out of the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ Airport by domestic airlines have been ordered grounded for inspections after one of their undercarriages collapsed, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said Thursday. GCAA Director-General, Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field said the “cease-fly operation” order for the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 January 2019, 19:56 by Writer Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday warned that all contracts inked by government after December 21, 2018 – the date when the no-confidence motion was passed – would be reviewed if the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) wins the next general elections. Jagdeo contended that the David Granger administration is now in ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 January 2019, 19:49 by Writer General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday vowed to be in the forefront of the election campaign even after the party elects a presidential candidate in the coming days. “I am not taking no [sic] back seat until we win the elections,” Jagdeo told ...