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A simple line chart showing the increasing cost of food over the period December 2020- July 2021 (Data Source Statistical Bureau of Guyana).

Food prices up by 14%

According to data from the Bureau of Statistics there has been a 14% increase in food prices over the first seven months of 2021 while general living costs have increased by 5.4% over that same period.

Danah Shiwgobin was the first child to receive her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Saint Stanislaus College on Thursday (Ministry of Education photo)

Secondary schools to open based on vaccine uptake

The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that nursery and primary schools will reopen for face-to-face learning on September 6, while secondary schools will open in accordance with the vaccination programme currently being rolled out across the country.

Julius Faerber

Local gov’t chair defends unilateral appointment of city Town Clerk

-law says three-member quorum needed for binding decision Chairman of the Local Government Commission (LGC) Julius Faerber is maintaining that he had the authority to unilaterally appoint junior staff member Candace Nelson to act as Town Clerk of Georgetown, although the law stipulates that any action taken by fewer than three members of the constitutional body is not binding.

Vincent Alexander

No quorum for crucial GECOM meeting

A crucial statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) scheduled for yesterday was cancelled after two opposition-nominated members requested permission to attend the funeral of long-time PNCR member Winston Bentham.

Paul Slowe

Gov’t control over access to lawyer prompted decision to join budget case 

Asked to show cause why proceedings for their removal should not be set in motion, the members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) have defended their decision to join a lawsuit mounted by opposition parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul over the budgets of constitutional bodies, saying that they were left with no choice as they were denied funds to access legal representation of their own.

A Giftland worker gets vaccinated during an exercise at the mall on Tuesday. (Photo from the Giftland Mall Facebook page)

Giftland makes COVID vaccination mandatory for new recruits

Even though the Ministry of Health has said that taking the COVID-19 vaccine is not compulsory, at least one private company has made vaccination a requirement for new employees while some government agencies have more aggressive efforts to convince staff to get vaccinated.

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