Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 15:53 by Denis Chabrol Washington DC, September 21, 2021 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced the selection of two centers in Argentina and Brazil as regional hubs for the development and production of mRNA-based vaccines in Latin America in a bid to tackle COVID-19 and future infectious-disease challenges. The Bio-Manguinhos ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 14:53 by Denis Chabrol Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has said that there are PCR and antigen testing sites countrywide, but Guyanese have been slow to take advantage of the opportunity for fear that they would be tested positive. He sought to counter his predecessor’s call for PCR testing sites to be set ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 14:04 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali has told Guyanese pastors, who are based in Brooklyn, New York, that his administration has not been engaging in racial discrimination. ““Our development programme is never tailored for any one ethnic group,” he told the pastors during his current trip to the United States (US) for ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 September 2021, 14:29 by Denis Chabrol President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions to the US beginning in November, allowing foreigners into the country if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the White House said Monday. The new rules will replace a hodgepodge of restrictions that had barred non-citizens who ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 September 2021, 21:49 by Denis Chabrol The Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Retired Lt. Col Egbert Field is hospitalised with COVID, well-placed sources said Sunday night. Mr. Field is 70 years. Sources said he was tested positive last week and was taken to the COVID-19 hospital on Sunday after he began experiencing difficulty ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 September 2021, 15:38 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Human Services will this week-Child Protection Week- launch a three-year programme aimed at virtually eliminating the scourge of child abuse, Minister Dr Vindhya Persaud announced. “The Ministry’s weeklong activities will culminate in the launch of an impactful three-year programme and strategic policies that center around public ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 September 2021, 14:36 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has informed top officials of the  neighbouring Brazilian State of Roraima that the Lethem border would not be reopened to routine movement of persons, but would only allow the weekly turnaround of Brazilian trucks with supplies for businesses in Lethem in order to avoid a wider ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 September 2021, 8:18 by Denis Chabrol Two of Guyana’s opposition political parties have questioned the use of the police force’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit,  in the wake of the gunning down of a resident of Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast. The Working People’s Alliance, in expressing outrage at the “brutal slaying” of 29-year old Orin ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 September 2021, 7:14 by Denis Chabrol The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte on Friday appealed to the Guyana government to allow the union’s General Secretary, Coretta Mc Donald to represent teachers instead of using her political allegiance as a barrier. “We know that the General Secretary sits on the Opposition bench ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 September 2021, 6:35 by Denis Chabrol The University of Guyana’s Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CoETaL) will be hosting its Second Biennial Conference from Monday, September 20 to Wednesday, September 22, 2021. This is an event that aims to provide a space for academics, researchers, and other key stakeholders to deliberate on issues ...