Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2021, 17:01 by Denis Chabrol Guyana has now recorded 208 deaths from the coronavirus, even as eight others are now seriously ill in the Intensive  Care Unit (ICU), the Health Ministry said Monday afternoon. Latest available figures show that the total number of hospitalised persons is 37. Another 324 persons have been ordered to ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2021, 16:41 by Denis Chabrol Police and soldiers are beefing up security in Baramita, North West District in the wake of a number of crimes there. During a weekend visit by senior officers of the army and police, they have decided to establish a temporary base at the bottom flat of the community’s multi-purpose ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2021, 16:19 by Denis Chabrol The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC), a constitutional child rights watchdog, on Monday said there was a heightened risk of cyberbullying during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our citizens in general, must continue to be vigilant, because COVID – 19 has increased the risk for our children to abuse, neglect ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2021, 14:35 by Denis Chabrol Nurses on Monday refused to stop blocking the Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Mr. Rudy Small from entering the premises unless the Health Ministry removes him from office and disciplines him for unsavory remarks about health care workers there. The Health Ministry has already deemed the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 March 2021, 14:47 by Denis Chabrol A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) corporal reversed and hit a motorcycle resulting the rider and pillion rider breaking their limbs, police said Sunday. The accident occurred Saturday night at about 10:30 on the Albion Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. The Guyana Police Force said GDF Corporal John Grant reversed motorcar, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2021, 22:06 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Saturday announced that the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Coast Guard would before year-end be acquiring more Coast Guard vessels, and a team is set to leave for the United States (US) on Monday to examine what is available. He said the team would leave on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2021, 21:32 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Saturday commissioned a Bell412 EPi medium lift helicopter that authorities intend to use to monitor the country’s fisheries zone, conduct search and rescue operations, and move troops in one-hop missions. GDF Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess said the chopper has been acquired at a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2021, 18:44 by Denis Chabrol A group Essequibo Coast fishermen was allegedly robbed of food, fuel, cellular phones and about $100,000 n fish, late Wednesday night, police said Saturday. The Guyana Police Force said the incident occurred at Kamwatta, Waini River in the North West District on March 10, 2021. Kumar Narine, 26, of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2021, 12:42 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education says it will be issuing letters to teachers who would be taking the Coronavirus vaccine. This is according to a joint statement by the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU). The two sides, however, say that teachers will not be compelled to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2021, 12:40 by Denis Chabrol About 8,700 persons in Guyana who are living with HIV are to get life-saving medication through additional funding from the United States. The Ministry of Health says the medication will be funded by the US$1.5 million United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The ministry says Currently, ...