Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2021, 21:33 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Health says previous attempts by impersonators to jump the COVID-19 vaccination line have forced the implementation of stricter protocols to get the jab. “There are people who wanted to jump the line so they did not want to wait their turn and they would turn out ...
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Six held for cocaine sticks-in-fishbones destined for Miami
Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2021, 19:00 by Denis Chabrol Six persons have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a quantity of pencil-shaped cocaine sticks in a quantity of salted fish that was destined for Miami, United States, Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Monday. The law enforcement agency said the 280 pieces of plastic-wrapped pencil-shaped parcels ...
Read More »“None is above the law” in enforcing COVID-19 guidelines ; unfair enforcement will be investigated- Prime Minister
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 March 2021, 18:57 by Denis Chabrol Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Sunday sought to assure Guyanese that the COVID-19 curfew and other measures are being enforced against anyone, and he promised that alleged unfair enforcement would be investigated. “None is exempted and therefore none is above the law,” said Mr. Phillips who is also the ...
Read More »Govt moves to repossess land from Car Care’s Brandford
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 March 2021, 16:57 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General, Anil Nandlall has moved to the High Court to repossess a plot of land at Plantation Ruimveldt, East Bank Demerara because it was allegedly obtained unlawfully, illegally and by fraud. The land was sold for GYD$13.5 million based on a second valuation, although the first valuation showed ...
Read More »Police, Giftland at odds over enforcement of COVID-19 curfew
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 March 2021, 15:56 by Denis Chabrol Giftland Group and the Guyana Police Force are at odds over accusations by that company that it is being unfairly targeted by police in the enforcement of the COVID-19 curfew. Chairman of the Giftland Group, Roy Beepat said the latest instance was on Saturday night when three staff members- ...
Read More »Joint Services, teachers next in line for vaccination- Prime Minister
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 March 2021, 15:13 by Denis Chabrol Prime Minister, Mark Phillips on Sunday said members of the Joint Services and teachers are next in line to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure they do not die from the viral disease, moments after India’s donation of 80,000 vaccines arrived in Guyana. “We want to vaccinate our Joint ...
Read More »President Ali reaffirms “excellent” Guyana-China relations, as Sinopharm vaccines arrive
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 March 2021, 14:32 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed the “excellent” relations between Guyana and China just over one month after this South American nation’s diplomatic blunder to approve the establishment of a Taiwan investment office here. “President Ali said that the gesture further emphasized the excellent relations between Guyana and China,” he ...
Read More »Equipment, other items stolen from churches in Linden
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 March 2021, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol Three churches in Linden were broken into this week and thousands of dollars in equipment and other items were stolen, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said the offences of larceny were committed on The Flourishing Place Apostolic Ministry Jubilee Center located at Richmond Hill, Mackenzie; MacKenzie Baptist Church ...
Read More »No negotiations unless Linden nurses call off “illegal” strike over CEO’s ‘sweetman’ remarks
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 March 2021, 17:06 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Health on Saturday deemed as “illegal” the strike by nurses at the Linden Hospital Complex and urged that that industrial action be called off before negotiations about the future of the Chief Executive Officer, Rudy Small can resume. “The Ministry of Health says the strike by ...
Read More »Supermarket owner robbed of GYD$500,000 outside his home
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 March 2021, 9:57 by Denis Chabrol A Chinese businessman was about 2 AM Saturday morning robbed of GYD$500,000 cash outside his Supermarket on the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara by two men, police said. Investigators were informed by 39-year old Awei Die that two men pounced on him as he was entering his ...
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