December 20, 2021

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday announced that the government is considering whether the single dose Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine should be given as a two-dose regimen instead. This, the Health Minister explained,…

The United States Embassy on Monday congratulated the newly-elected leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), Aubrey Norton. At the 21st Biennial Delegates Congress held this weekend at the party’s headquarters in Sophia,…

What would have been a peaceful evening for 74-year-old Savitri Devi Umrao turned out to be a horrific night for her and her 70-year-old relative with a disability. Umrao of Number Three Settlement, West Bank Berbice, was left…

(Statement by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union) The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) takes note of the announcement by Vice-President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo in respect to pay rise to sugar workers for…

Vice-President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday announced that sugar workers will benefit from a seven per cent salary increase. This money will be paid to the workers before the end of the year. “As you would recall, when I met with the…

Tiger Offshore Rentals, a leading international provider of specialty rental equipment to the upstream offshore oil and gas market, has thrown its support behind the GFF-K&S Super 16 Cup. Guyana Country Manager, Shane Singh, handed…

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 1,033 with the addition of three deaths, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday. Dead are an unvaccinated 74-year-old man from Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) who died on December 19…

Long-time supporter of football, Ramesh Sunich, Proprietor of The Trophy Stall, has maintained his support for the sport by donating the championship trophy for the ongoing GFF-K&S Year-end Futsal Championship. Sunich also handed…

Two men were Monday released on G$150,000 bail for fraudulently obtaining over G$1.1M by inflating the number of truckloads of laterite they delivered for rehabilitation of a stretch of road at Six Miles, Bartica. Myrvin George, a…

In tears, newly-elected leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Aubrey Norton was installed in his position on Monday and in his first statement, he thanked outgoing leader David Granger for his service and named his rival…