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Guyana is prepared to test for the Oropouche virus (OROV) which the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) last weekend sounded an alert about, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Monday. He said the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) has the reagents to test for the virus which can be spread by gnats and mosquitoes. “If people present with signs and symptoms ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is recommending that Guyanese earning less than estimated GY$200,000 (estimated US$938) monthly should not pay income tax and he promised that if elected next year policies would be put in place to combat poverty rather than merely delivering cash grants. He said “with all the money they got” people earning ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Wednesday night – African Emancipation eve – said he and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton were not vying against each other. “Brothers and sisters, I want to leave you with a message. There is no competition between Aubrey and I. None! You can take that ...

Top officials of the Guyana government were Friday enraged by Guyana Police Force detectives’ removal of a laptop, with classified and sensitive information, assigned to Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd as part of their investigation into a cybercrime allegation against his executive assistant. The accused person, Foreign Service Officer Sharmayne Balram, has since dispatched a lawyer’s letter to former government ...

A former Guyanese security guard, who was attached to the United States Embassy, has been arrested for allegedly sending a threatening email to the embassy’s email address, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Thursday. Anand Persaud, 31, of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, is accused of sending the email last week Thursday that “contained threats directed towards United States Government ...

The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously amended the Matrimonial Causes Act to allow for a wife or husband to petition the court for divorce without showing fault, and for an ex-wife to provide cash maintenance of her ex-husband. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall told the House that the husband and wife, who are seeking the divorce, ...

The Guyana government is not anxious to reintroduce a railway system on the coastland, but would likely first have a tramcar service in Georgetown when the country begins generating cheaper electricity, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Wednesday. “Once you have cheap electricity, then you can go with the tram system to move people around. That’s not on the card right ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is scheduled to leave on Thursday for the United States (US) on “government” and other business, but he declined to divulge details. “I’m travelling to the US for government business and other business,” he said, when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. He said he would be leaving Guyana on Thursday night. Asked specifically what the ...

July 31, 2024 – Houston, Texas – Fulcrum LNG on Wednesday announced that following the Government of Guyana’s public request for proposals, it has been selected to design, finance, construct, and operate the required gas infrastructure to provide gas monetization solutions and support the acceleration of upstream gas developments in Guyana. This key milestone is part of the Government of ...

Guyana on Tuesday backed growing international calls for votes cast in Venezuela’s controversial presidential elections to be verified, even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) remained divided on supporting the declaration of Nicolás Maduro as the winner. “Guyana therefore, supports the call for a transparent process of verification of the will of the Venezuelan people as exercised on July 28, 2024. ...