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By Andrew Carmichael Residents of New Amsterdam, Berbice and surrounding areas are calling on the Government to address the rapidly deteriorating condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital after an elderly patient died on Tuesday night after she was reportedly given nine injections. Additionally, the residents are alleging that several critical pieces of equipment are out of order in addition to a shortage of basic medicine leaving them to come to the conclusion that the state of the institution’s affairs is not being properly managed. As a consequence, they are calling…

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People’s Progressive Party (PPP) nominated commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are contending that far from the view being expressed by GECOM and Government officials, elections can be held by March 19, 2019. In an interview with Guyana Times International, PPP’s GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj noted that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been creating an impression that there is not enough time to complete various tasks before elections. But according to Gunraj, many of these tasks can be completed concurrently. “Lowenfield has said that we need…

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Guyana Goldfields Incorporated has promoted 60 Guyanese nationals into senior roles. The company announced the promotions, and new hires in a press release, noting that they form part of an ongoing restructuring programme launched on July 30, 2018. The release states that the process began on July 30, 2018, with the termination of the Company’s Executive Chairman, Patrick Sheridan, eliminating “an ineffective dual reporting structure under which Sheridan was responsible for government relations and exploration in Guyana.” Since commencing the process on July 30, 2018, the company says it has…

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Over the course of the next four weeks, 40 additional youths from the Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) community will benefit from an Information Communication Technology (ICT) training workshop, an initiative of the Office of First Lady Sandra Granger in collaboration with the Social Protection Ministry and the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). The programme, which is the third of its kind in Linden, targets adolescents and out-of-school youths between the ages of 16 to 25 and was launched at the Linden Enterprise Network on Monday. It will see participants…

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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will soon launch its election manifesto, which will comprise several programmes from its 2015 manifesto aimed at further developing Guyana. This was according to the Party’s General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo during his address to thousands of supporters who turned up a meeting at Port Mourant last Saturday. Jagdeo stated that despite the wealth of experience and competent members within the Party, the manifesto would reflect the best for all Guyana with input from all. “Get on to the Party so that we can get your…

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It’s official. The incumbent President David Granger has been endorsed by his party, the People’s Na-tional Congress Reform (PNCR) to run for a second term at the next General and Regional Elections, constitutionally due in March. The PNCR is the larger partner in the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition and on Monday, it officially threw its support behind President Granger. This was communi-cated in a letter from PNCR General Secretary (GS) Amna Ally. In the letter, she noted that Granger was elected unopposed at the last…

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After undergoing a chemotherapy treatment which left 6-year-old Sharezer Mendonca battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in an unresponsive state, it was revealed that she took her last breath on Thursday. Mendonca suddenly fell ill after receiving chemotherapy treatment at the said medical institution and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Relatives related that she was taken to the Pediatric Ward on January 3, where she was administered with an injection before undergoing treatment. However, a short while after, Mendonca became unresponsive and…

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Days after saying that it was too early for the party to take a stance on the matter, the Alliance For Change (AFC) is likely to throw its support behind leader of the PNCR-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger, as the presidential candidate for the APNU/AFC at the impending national and regional elections. A recent report in the State’s newspaper had identified President Granger, who just returned from Cuba as he continues treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, as the presidential candidate for the APNU/AFC coalition. However, AFC Chairman…

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…family calling for answers A mother is now calling for justice and an investigation into her daughter’s death after giving birth at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on December 28, 2018. Bibi Khan of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo is accusing the doctors at the GPHC of “killing” her eld-est daughter, Fariena Mohammed, and offering no plausible explanations for her death. The grief-stricken woman said the 30-year-old Mohammed was pregnant with her second child and on Thurs-day, December 28, 2018, she went into labour shortly after 13:00h. She was rushed…

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