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British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller yesterday congratulated Aubrey Norton on becoming Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), following the 21st Biennial Delegates Congress elections on 18 December, 2021.
The Ministry of Health today said that as of December 20, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr.
Citing the Omicron variant, the National COVID-19 Task Force says the prohibition on entertainment events remains.
Former PNCR Leader David Granger today congratulated his successor Aubrey Norton on his election.
Aubrey Norton yesterday said that he will seek guidance from the party’s executive as to whether to seek an audience with President Irfaan Ali and for the second day running, the new PNCR leader talked tough on pressuring the government and the elections commission on key issues.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that sugar workers will now benefit from a seven percent salary increase which they are expected to receive before the end of the year.
In addition to significantly reducing the traffic congestion faced daily by commuters on the East Bank Demerara, the new Diamond to Mocha interlink road will open up between 300-400 acres of land for industrial and commercial development, President Irfaan Ali said yesterday morning.
A petition has been tendered to Parliament by Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) calling for a deferral of debate on the Natural Resources Fund Bill until citizens can consider it.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 19, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
A young West Coast Berbice rice mill labourer died yesterday after a motor lorry allegedly reversed into him.
The bus conductor who was seen in a viral video stabbing another bus conductor will be spending Christmas in jail after being charged with the man’s murder.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran yesterday called on the PPP/C government to release the IHS Markit audit report on US$460m in ExxonMobil’s pre-contract costs.
The United States Embassy here yesterday congratulated new PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton and said it looked forward to working with him.
A 21-year-old woman who has a disability was allegedly raped in her Region Nine home on Sunday and the police have since arrested the suspect.
The Region 10 council has rejected an explanation from its Regional Executive Officer (REO), Dwight John that the collapse of a retaining wall at Silverttown was not the fault of the contractor.
A Blairmont, West Bank Berbice pensioner is now traumatized after she was attacked and robbed by two men armed with knives on Sunday.
The three persons injured in the horrific West Coast Berbice crash on Saturday that claimed six lives are recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Two employees of Adamantium Holdings were yesterday charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.152 million from the company which had been intended for the delivery of 64 truckloads of laterite.
Only three members from the PNCR’s last Central Executive were returned at Saturday’s election.
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