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Guyana will be getting more than 100,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine produced by AstraZeneca, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said Monday. Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony made the disclosure in an update through the government’s Department of Public Information.  He said the vaccines would be provided through COVAX, a global pooled procurement mechanism, that seeks to ensure fair and ...

The Ministry of Labour says it is investigating an accidental death at a shore base  work site at Houston, East Bank Demerara. Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton confirmed that the company reported the death as required by law and that officers from his ministry were dispatched to investigate the causes. The minister says he could not immediately confirm the age and ...

The Ministry of Agricultute on Monday finally released the name of the new trawler licensee, weeks after repeated calls had failed. Governmenr said the disclosure was made “in order to demonstrate the Government’s commitment to transparency and accountability.” He is Rampersaud Sookhdeo, La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara. The Agriculture Ministry said records indicate that Mr. Sookhdeo has been in the ...

ExxonMobil  Friday afternoon said it was forced to increase the amount of gas that it is flaring from the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel named Liza Destiny. The company says this is due to a technical problem with the seal on the gas compressor aboard the vessel anchored more than 100 miles off the coast of Guyana. ExxonMobil says ...

The owners of the two Guyanese fishing vessels that up to Sunday afternoon continued to be detained  by the Venezuelan Navy have accused the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard of doing little to stop Venezuelans from fishing illegally in Guyanese waters. “They are not doing anything. All they do is sleep whole day,” said Kumar Lallbachan, the owner of ...

Venezuelan authorities have asked for documents for the two Guyanese fishing vessels, captains and crew members that were intercepted last week by that Spanish-speaking nation’s navy, the owners said Sunday. The captains and crew members of the vessels named Sea Wolf and Lady Nayera are reportedly in contact with the owners in Guyana. So far, they the captains and crews ...

A Superbet clerk was robbed Saturday night of GYD$162,700 as she was about the secure the outlet at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, police said. The victim, 29-year old Shakuel Khan, a Superbet clerk who lives at Belle  West, West Bank Demerara, informed police that the incident occurred at about 6:45 PM at the outlet located on First Street, Patentia. “Enquiries ...

The Linden Enterprise Network (LEN) is not meeting its target and borrowers have not been repaying loans. The Government’s Department of Public Information quotes Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh as saying that as a result, the programme will be reviewed to ensure that it serves the intended purpose. He says because borrowers have not been repaying monies, the programme is ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday night dug its heels in and unequivocally backed its General Secretary, David Patterson, despite the disclosure of records that he got more than GYD$1.5 million in expensive jewellery as birthday gifts while he served as Minister of Public Infrastructure from 2015 to 2020. “The AFC wishes to state categorically that it has full ...

Courtney Benn Construction Company has been sued for more than GYD$347 million for failing to rebuild the St. Rose’s High School in keeping with a contract. In court papers released by the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Attorney General Anil Nandlall states that the government scrapped the contract because after 18 months only nine percent of the works had been completed. ...