Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2021, 15:45 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that some schools would be reopened on a rotational basis, as part of efforts to stem learning loss. The Education Minister Priya Manickchand said secondary schools would be reopened according to the vaccination plan. The Assistant Chief Education Officer (Nursery), Samantha Williams ...

Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2021, 12:20 by Denis Chabrol Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan  on Friday gave the prosecution time to put the Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount in order to present to disclose to all of the parties in the case. The case of conspiracy to defraud against former officials of the Guyana Elections Commission ...

Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2021, 11:30 by Denis Chabrol Prospective Leader for the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton on Friday promised g to work to strengthen the coalition and resolve the issues that prompted parties to leave A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). “I will also seek to resolve the issues that prompted parties to leave the ...

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 ...