Guyana News

The Ministry of Health still has a backlog of about 1,000 COVID-19 tests to be concluded.

Government is hoping that within a week the technical teams reviewing the evaluation of plans for the development of ExxonMobil’s Payara oil field will have submitted a licence agreement to the Office of the President.

Two new COVID-19 fatalities were recorded yesterday, along with 19 new positive cases.

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in the Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo region, village leaders of Karasabai in the South Pakaraimas say that the community is being neglected by the authorities and this has resulted in the death of two elderly persons who were suffering from severe symptoms but were not being monitored because they were still awaiting their test results.

A 40-year-old pedal cyclist died after he was struck down by a speeding motor vehicle along the Rupert Craig Highway yesterday afternoon.

Six members of the Guyana Police Force, who are stationed in Region One (Barima-Waini), recently tested positive for the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after experiencing symptoms of dengue fever.

One of the persons who died during the month of August from COVID-19 has been identified as 66-year-old Bernard Fernandes, a resident of Mabaruma, Region One.

Newly-elected Deputy Speaker Lenox Shuman has submitted to the National Assembly proof that he no longer holds allegiance to any foreign power.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday said that the Grades Two, Four and Nine assessments will not be administered because it would be impractical to assess students at this time.

Almost 100 patients have passed through Guyana’s COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) since the beginning of the pandemic in Guyana.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday visited several communities along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and promised that a high-level team will soon be established to address the vulnerabilities raised.

Wayne Castello, the man wanted for murder among other offences, was yesterday charged with illegal possession of a gun and ammunition, along with discharging a loaded weapon at the police.

Thirty-seven employees of the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Kingston have been made redundant according to Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton who noted that the severed employees are from various departments of the operations.

Despite the high rate of recoveries in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine), COVID-19 is continuing its march across the region with Massara being the latest indigenous community to record cases of the deadly disease, which has so far claimed three lives in Guyana’s largest region.

Caribbean Cinemas at Giftland Mall remains closed, despite its reopening announcement on August 14.

As the police probe into the alleged fraud surrounding the March 2nd elections continues, Duarte Hetsberger, the Personal Assistant to Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield remains in custody.

Guyana has begun receiving supplies to fight COVID-19 under the US$1m made available to this country by India.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to conduct an assessment of the effects of COVID-19 on Guyanese households.

ExxonMobil Guyana is stepping up its partnership with the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA). 

Police have arrested the driver of a car which was abandoned on Tuesday night and found to contain over 112 pounds of cannabis.