25.7 C
Georgetown, Guyana
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Soldiers protecting last drops of gasoline in Venezuela

(Bloomberg) — The few gasoline stations still open in Caracas are manned by armed soldiers, and those waiting to fill their vehicles in day-long...

British PM moved to intensive care after coronavirus symptoms “worsened”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said, the BBC...

World opinion shifts in favour of masks as virus fight deepens

(Reprinted from AL JAZEERA NEWS) The United States is now urging people to wear face masks when they go outside amid growing evidence suggests that...

Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19

(BBC) A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the...

Coronavirus: US set to recommend wearing of masks

(BBC) The White House is expected soon to advise Americans living in coronavirus hotspots to wear cloth masks or scarves in public to help...

COVID-19: The pandemic is about to devastate the developing world

Reprinted from the Washington Post (By Brian Klaas, Global Opinions contributor) Covid-19 is about to overload health-care systems in Italy, France, Spain, Britain and the...

US moves warships against Venezuela’s Maduro …raises ante for democratic regime change

In its years long effort to return democratic governance to Venezuela following last week’s indictment against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the United States has...

Coronavirus: US ‘considers cloth face masks for public’

(BBC) US health authorities are debating whether to recommend face coverings for everyone when they go out in public. One internal memo for the Centers...

Asia may have been right about coronavirus and face masks, and the rest of...

(CNN) In the coming weeks, if they have not already, your government is likely to begin advising you to wear a face mask to...

CDC considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public

Reprinted from Washington Post  Should we all be wearing masks? That simple question is under review by officials in the U.S. government and has sparked...

Recent Articles

Govt seeking over $84B in supplementary funds for $100k cash grant initiative, GtE project

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has approached the National Assembly, seeking its approval for more than $84 billion in supplementary funds for projects...

Businesswoman, facing 68 fraud charges, placed on $20.4M bail

Omeca Primo, owner of Primo’s Imports and Taxi Service, was placed on $20.4 million bail today after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty...

Venezuelan woman slapped with 3 Trafficking In Person charges

Andreina Jimenez, a 27-year-old Venezuelan female of Lot 91 Robb Street, Georgetown, was arrested and subsequently charged today with three counts of Trafficking in...

Pensioner killed in early morning accident on EBD road

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 06:19hrs this morning (Monday, 25th November 2024), on the Western Carriageway of Peters Hall...

Procurement rules by oil & gas companies now under scrutiny – Local Content Secretariat...

The Local Content Secretariat is examining the procurement guidelines being used by companies operating in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, as several inconsistencies and...

Letter: PPP/C Govt committed to fixing broken power system left behind by APNU+AFC

Dear Editor: It is astonishing, though not entirely surprising, that David Patterson, who presided over the catastrophic mismanagement of Guyana’s power sector in the APNU+AFC...

New direct routes for Guyana, Brazil travel established

See below for a 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘: 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐀/𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 (𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐀) The public is hereby advised that...

US$20M DDL dairy farm to produce milk by 3rd quarter of 2025

The highly anticipated state-of-the-art US$20 Million dairy farm, the first of its kind in the Caribbean, which is being built by Demerara Distillers Limited...

NA woman accuses police of stealing cash during search of home

A New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) woman has accused police officers who conducted a search of her home of stealing her money. The police...

GECOM secretariat prepares for 2025 elections ahead of commission’s mandate

While the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) secretariat has not been mandated by the commission to prepare for the constitutionally due general and regional elections,...