Daily Archives: May 6, 2021
President says low COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Reg. 10 concerning
By Vishani Ragobeer While Guyana has already administered the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to approximately 31...
President Ali clarifies Arrival Day statement
Statement of His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana May 6, 2021 Dear Guyanese,...
Audit confirms over $11B in expired drugs dumped by former gov’t
More than a month after announcing that the government was forced to dump over $10 billion in expired medication, which...
Three years jail for Linden nurse who admitted to luring child
A 32-year-old Registered Nurse was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of...
Duo on $350k bail for reportedly trafficking ganja
Two residents of Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD) were granted $350,000 bail each after they pleaded not guilty to a...
Harper cites fitness, lack of matches for Hetmyer’s contract snub
By Akeem Greene Cricket West Indies (CWI) Chairman of Selectors, Roger Harper, has indicated that fitness issues and a lack...
Strathspey man found dead in Buxton
Police are investigating the death of 46-year-old Shelton Henry, whose partially decomposed body was found in a trench at Company...
GuySuCo prepares itself to benefit from oil and gas
De-silting of the river channel alongside the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) largest berthing facility located at the Demerara Sugar Terminal...
Genuine Auto Medal Play golf tournament set for Sunday
City business Genuine Auto Spares and Tools on Thursday announced its partnership with the Lusignan Golf Club to stage a...
128 new COVID-19 cases from over 700 tests
Guyana on Thursday recorded a total of 128 new COVID-19 cases from 781 tests, pushing the country’s overall number of...
‘WIN’ initiative to offer skills training to women countrywide
Women across the country will soon have access to cost-free skills training programmes, through the Ministry of Human Services and...
Two more Reg. 4 residents die from COVID-19; 10 deaths in May so far
Two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on Wednesday, taking the country’s overall death toll since March 2020...
