Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2020, 17:52 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is about to expand its COVID-19 task force to prepare the country for the importation, storage and distribution of vaccines to immunise people against the virus that has so far killed 159 persons locally, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony announced Monday. “What we are looking for is specific ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2020, 16:43 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) on Monday announced that it has suspended mail service to the United Kingdom (UK), following rising global fears about the rapid spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, COVID-19. “Customers sending letters and parcels to London are asked to note that all ...

Last Updated on Monday, 28 December 2020, 0:16 by Writer The International Court of Justice has said that Venezuela is bound by its decisions even if it does not recognise the jurisdiction of that United Nations juridical body. “A judgment on jurisdiction, as on the merits, is final and binding on the parties under Articles 59 and 60 of the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2020, 11:29 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday condemned the Private Sector Commission’s call for several election commission officials, who have been charged with election-related offences, saying that business organisation must stop being a mouthpiece for the People’s Progressive Party. “This is wicked and unacceptable. The APNU (A Partnership for National ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2020, 10:49 by Denis Chabrol Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield continues to be on more than 100 days vacation leave for more  than two months now, spokeswoman for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Yolanda Ward said Monday. “That accumulation was  there and he applied for that leave,” she told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/ ...