Last Updated on Saturday, 19 June 2021, 16:13 by Denis Chabrol The French Red Cross’ Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean has rushed 9.45 tons of various items aboard a French military vessel, Dumont d’Urville, to Guyana to assist with flood relief, the French Embassy in Suriname. The mission said the consolidated “large donation” was dispatched to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 June 2021, 15:26 by Denis Chabrol Health  Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Saturday refused to formally provide specific information about the batch of 200,000 doses of  Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, but instead reiterated that all of the required procedures have been followed before and after the jabs were imported. Dr. Anthony said that after the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 June 2021, 15:33 by Denis Chabrol The North Ruimveldt Multilateral School was Saturday afternoon burning by fire of unknown origin, multiple sources confirmed. A section of the decades-old school has already been badly damaged by the mid-afternoon fire. “this is an extremely unspeakable loss here but is 0one that we’ll overcome,” Education Minister Priya Manickchand ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 June 2021, 9:32 by Denis Chabrol Months after refusing to place elected representatives from a number of smaller parties that had been part of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in the National Assembly because he believed that they had not  won at least 7,000 votes at last year’s elections, the Leader of the People’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 June 2021, 8:19 by Denis Chabrol Town Clerk of the City of Georgetown, Sherry Jerrick has told the Local Government Commission that she does not have the power to discipline pump attendants who are being blamed for recent floods in the capital. “Please be advised that as the Town Clerk (ag) for the City of ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday formally asked Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony for details about the purchase of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine. Already Dr. Anthony has said he would be willing to provide details to Mr. Harmon depending on what is requested. President Irfaan Ali late Thursday said the batch numbers are written on the vaccination ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 June 2021, 8:15 by Denis Chabrol One of two men has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 17-year old pregnant female, police said. The woman of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) told investigators that  the men also recorded her being raped multiple times between April 1 to 30, 2021. ‘There they took turns ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2021, 22:23 by Denis Chabrol Amid persistent claims that the Sputnik V vaccines might be fake and that Guyanese should not take jabs from the batch of 200,000, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Thursday said Guyana was referred to a representatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by a Russian authority. He said ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2021, 17:50 by Denis Chabrol Government is preparing to impose immigration restrictions on Haitians who would like to travel to Guyana, but Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday stopped short of saying outright that nationals of that French-creole nation would need visas to come here. “The measures shall be consistent with those in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2021, 14:09 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday called for a suspension of the use of a batch of 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines until he could verify whether the jabs are not fake, but Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has vowed to continue using that brand as is being ...