High Court Judge, Fidela Corbin-Lincoln on Friday refused to grant an injunction to block the COVID-19 vaccination and PCR testing measures or declare that government that the measures are invalid because the President and the Minister of Health have exceeded their authority. Justice Corbin-Lincoln said she could not grant a temporary declaration because that would mean having to go into ...

Former Health Minister Volda Lawrence is recommending the establishment of free PCR testing sites across Guyana as well as the monitoring of households to avoid mingling among COVID- infected and uninfected persons. Addressing a news conference for the first time since the March 2020 general and regional elections, Ms. Lawrence urged the her successor, Dr. Frank Anthony of the People’s ...

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence says her party’s Congress will be held in late November but no later than December 13, with the Thanksgiving weekend being a major consideration for its US-based members. She said that decision taken by the PNCR’s Central Executive at its most recent meeting held on Thursday. Ms. Lawrence, who is performing ...

Police on Friday said a post mortem has found that Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast businessman Orin Boston died from haemorrhage and shock due to gunshot injuries to the chest.  Orin Boston age 29 of Lot 22 Hoppie Street Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh also extracted a single warhead  from the body. Police had said that he was ...

A Dutchman has been arrested, allegedly with GY$5 million worth of ecstasy pills, in a move aimed at corking off supplies to children at schools and clubs, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh said. Arrested is Dwight Garconious, who was born in The Netherlands, lived in Suriname for several years before residing in Guyana. Three other persons, ...

A well-attended meeting of the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) Central Executive Committee earlier Thursday agreed that the long-overdue Congress would be held either in late November or early December, well-placed source said. The source said the Central Executive was largely in support of holding the Congress on November 27, 2021. However, the sources said that date could change to ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday signaled that government would be asking the High Court to throw out the case in which the the Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie has refused to issue a special order for the promotion of 139 officers who have been named by the Police Service Commission (PSC). Mr. Nandlall told the court, presided over Justice Gino ...

The Guyana Medical Council (GMC) on Thursday warned doctors not to discourage vaccination against the potentially deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) and instead promote the use of alternative remedies whose efficacy have been unproven. The GMC said it has adopted a decision taken by the umbrella body of medical councils in the United States (US).  “The Medical Council of Guyana  supports the ...

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday urged teachers to be wary of those who do not have anything to offer them other than criticising initiatives, even as she announced a welfare package of discounts, insurance, health initiatives, continuing training and annual awards. She said the Ministry of Education has provided each COVID-19 positive teacher with a healthy-care kit, arranged ...

Police say residents of Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast are Wednesday protesting the killing of a 29- year old businessman allegedly by a lawman by police earlier Thursday morning. Dead is Orwin Boston, owner of ‘Ease Meh Stress” Bar. The Guyana Police Force says when lawmen went to Boston’s home at about 4:40 am to conduct a search when a confrontation occurred ...