Daily Archives: November 5, 2021
Electoral reform: Multi-million-dollar fines, hefty jail terms proposed for election offencesMulti-million dollar fines and hefty jail times ranging from five to ten years have been proposed for election offences in...
If fraud committed, new election law proposes jailing Chief Elections Officer for lifeIf passed in Parliament, an overhaul of the country’s main elections law would allow the Chief Elections Officer to be...
Exemptions granted for some partially vaccinated Guyanese to travel back to GuyanaThe Ministry of Health, through the office of the Chief Medical Officer (ag) Dr. Narine Singh, has granted travel exemptions...
Woman, 22, among COVID deaths; 64 new cases recordedA 22-year-old woman from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) is among three women who have succumbed to the dreaded COVID-19 virus. The...
About 9,000 house lots distributed since 2020Between August 2020 and August 2021, about 9,000 house lots were allocated across Guyana with beneficiaries from every level of...
‘You’re unfit to dwell with human beings’ – Man sentenced to death for murder of British teenAaron Hing was on Friday sentenced to death after a 12-member jury at the Berbice High Court found him guilty...
Football Federation approves special five-day transfer window, starting Nov. 8The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Executive Committee has given the green light to a special five-day transfer window, starting on...
GFF begins COVID-19 vaccination drive ahead of year-end competitionsThe Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will start the rollout of its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, ahead of a...
More than 60% of teachers vaccinated; Manickchand says ‘soft approach’ cannot continueSome 63 per cent of local teachers have received their COVID-19 vaccines following efforts rolled out to boost vaccine acceptance....
Doctor died from multiple blunt trauma to head; prime suspect confessesA Post Mortem Examination (PME) conducted on the body of 49-year-old Dr Colin Roach found that he died from multiple...
3 years jail for ex-army man in multi-million-dollar gold heistFormer sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Keyon King, who confessed to the multi-million-dollar gold heist of Wallison Enterprise...
‘We need to unearth new talents’- PollardWest Indies’ exit from the World T20 could potentially end an era during which the Caribbean side produced some of...
