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Persons travelling to Guyana directly or in-transit from China, Hong Kong and Macau must now present a negative COVID-19 test or proof of recovery from the viral disease,  Guyana’s COVID-19 Task Force announced on Thursday. Th new requirement takes effect from January 8, 2023. The Guyana government said that would also apply to persons traveling from the China via third ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton on Thursday admitted that the then Treasurer of that party Faaiz Mursaline had signed blank cheques but said the amounts had been included, along with supporting documents, when the second person signed. “It is true that the treasurer signed blank cheques as one of two signatories,” Mr Norton said. In ...

The excavator that was used to demolish several houses on a government reserve at Mocha, East Bank Demerara was set alight Thursday afternoon but the blaze was quickly extinguished. Police also fired teargas at a group of persons to chase them away from the area. However, persons present said the canisters were “cold” as most of them did not fully ...

Workers, backed up by armed police, were Thursday afternoon demolishing more houses at Mocha because government said the structures are on lands that are needed for drainage along a new East Bank Demerara road. The houses were being broken down, even as Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton announced that his People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity would be ...

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) members Volda Lawrence, Carol Smith-Joseph and Dr Karen Cummings on Thursday refused to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into the March 2020 general and regional elections. While Dr Cummings was unrepresented and chose to “remain silent”, Ms Lawrence an Ms Smith-Joseph were represented by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes. He told the three-member Commission that his ...

Former Police Commissioner Leslie James on Wednesday said he never ordered that the Region Four Returning Office (Ashmin’s Building) for the 2020 general and regional elections be cleared and he did not enquire about the security of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh. He told the Commission of Inquiry that instead, he had asked ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Wednesday publicly scolded fire officers, sparked off by them sheltering from rain at the Guyana Fire Service headquarters, Water Street, Georgetown. Mr Benn arrived during the downpour for the official handover of excavators, a tractor and a trailer to the Fire Service to assist them in the movement of debris during fires and the ...

As Acting Chief Fire Officer Gregory Wickham approaches retirement age later this month, he said he would be exiting the top Guyana Fire Service post next year. Sources said Mr Wickham should have proceeded on preretirement leave on September 6, 2022 but up to January 4, 2023 he was very much on the job. But Mr Wickham said he has ...

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), who are based at the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), have been ordered to return their Joint Services Identification  Cards and Fire Service jerseys, after a number of them told the media that they were not paid a one-month bonus. “The identification cards that they had would have been Joint Services Identification Cards and so they should ...

Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken’s tenure looks set to be extended beyond the retirement age of 55 based on the performance of the force, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said Wednesday. Mr Hicken will be 55 years old on July 22, 2023. While Mr Benn opted not to speak directly to Mr Hicken successor, he signaled very strongly that the ...