Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2021, 10:33 by Denis Chabrol Former People’s National Congress Reform parliamentarian, Mervyn Williams was Friday still in the Intensive Care Unit of the COVID-19 hospital, well-placed sources said. The sources said Mr. Williams was not vaccinated against the virus that has so far claimed the lives of more than 600 persons in Guyana. “He ...

Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2021, 7:59 by Denis Chabrol A Superbet outlet at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara was Thursday night robbed of GY$220,000 cash by two men who also robbed three other persons at the same location of cash and valuables including a car valued GY$2.6 million. Investigators were informed that the two men, one of whom ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2021, 21:16 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change’s (AFC) Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) councillors want the Chairman and Vice Chairman removed from office over claims of poor performance that has led to a loss of jobs and non-payment of persons. “This action was in direct response to the continued failures and shortcomings in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2021, 17:34 by Denis Chabrol The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is to be taken to schools and communities to target only children between 12 and 18 years old to prevent them from getting seriously ill or dying from the virus, the Health and Education Ministers announced on Thursday. “When we come out to a school, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Mark Lyte late Wednesday night announced that that workers’ organisation was on standby to take legal action against government  if teachers are prevented from entering their workplaces because they have not been vaccinated or tested negative for the coronavirus. After a more ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 20:06 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man and three Venezuelans were Wednesday arraigned for the murder of two Guyanese men at a mining camp at Blackwater, Region Seven. Those charged with the murder of Suresh Bachan and Steven Niles are 22-year old Nicholas ‘Wild Buck’ Caesar of Yarrowkabra Village, Linden Soesdyke Highway, and ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 19:22 by Denis Chabrol Police on Wednesday said that a West Demerara Hospital driver has admitted to stealing a dozen COVID-19 vaccine books from a quantity that he had uplifted from the Ministry of Health. “One of the suspects admitted to being the one that sometimes would uplift the COVID-19 books from the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 16:27 by Denis Chabrol Several anti- vaccination protesters were Wednesday afternoon arrested as they were proceeding on Brickdam to the Ministry of Education’s offices, amid stiffer rules and enforcement for teachers and staff. Police said eight persons were arrested as they marched west on Brickdam from the Square of the Revolution. They were ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 10:04 by Denis Chabrol Ministry of Human Services-crafted manuals on how police must deal with reports and victims of domestic violence are to be entrenched in the training of members of the Guyana Police Force, government ministers said. Speaking with reporters after the official launch of COPSQUAD, an initiative to train at least ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 7:58 by Denis Chabrol Three men have been arrested in connection with the alleged theft of several blank COVID-19 vaccination books, medical equipment and other items from the Ministry of Health, police said. The Guyana Police Force said that the men- ages 24, 42 and 37- were arrested 11 AM Tuesday at the ...