Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 22:44 by Denis Chabrol As pockets of anti-vaccination protests continued in several areas of Guyana, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Wednesday night said healthcare workers and public transportation operators have been given until August 25 to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “I have examined the request and wish to announce that healthcare workers, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 19:42 by Denis Chabrol Police said a car that was allegedly used to transport the suspects who carried out a daring robbery at Wallison Enterprise in Gordon Street, Kitty on Thursday last when they escaped with $58M in cash and raw gold has been found. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said in a Guyana ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 21:43 by Denis Chabrol After the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge across the Demerara River was blocked by anti-vaccination protesters, police on Wednesday hinted strongly that steps would be taken to clear the thoroughfare. “When such protests degenerate into unlawful actions the Police Force, in keeping with its mandate of maintaining public safety and security, will ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 11:25 by Denis Chabrol About 400 persons  on Wednesday blocked the road leading to the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge as part of anti-vaccination protest.  “What we are asking in national television is that the nurses and others can go in the corner and they can peacefully picket. We have no difficulty in them picketing in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 8:42 by Denis Chabrol A gay rights organisation, Equal Guyana, has “condemned” at least two opposition parliamentarians for remarks they made during parliamentary debate on the removal of the cross-dressing offence from Guyana’s law books in line with a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision almost three years ago. “These remarks, in the ...