Guyana News

Rapid test kits that were recently donated to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will not be used to make a diagnosis or identify a person infected with COVID-19, according to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr.

Head physician at the Kumaka District Hospital in Moruca, Dr Derron Moonsammy was recently  discharged from isolation where he had been for more than a month after contracting the coronavirus back in June.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall today wrote former Director General in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon stating that his position is considered to have been terminated.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has paid tribute to the late Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur.

Minister of Public Affairs, within the Office of the Prime Minister,  Kwame McCoy, has appointed Michella Abraham-Ali as acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 0f the National Communications Network (NCN). 

Four persons are now dead and several others are hospitalised after a speeding motorcar collided head-on with a canter truck along the Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara Public Road yesterday afternoon.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Hugh Todd has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and as such widespread contact tracing is expected to take place.

More than 2000 Guyanese are supporting ExxonMobil Guyana’s operations, representing 55 percent of the total workforce.

After more than four months without electricity, power is expected to be restored in the community of Matthews Ridge, Region One, today.

Over $1 billion is owed by the Panamanian government to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for rice sold to that country and newly appointed Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has committed his ministry to acting immediately to ensure the outstanding payment is made.

The contracts of two state media heads, which expired in July will not be renewed by the Irfaan Ali Administration, Minis-ter within the Prime Minister’s Office, Kwame McCoy told Stabroek News yesterday.

On the heels of President Irfaan Ali’s announcement on Tuesday that the Payara project approval will have to wait on an international oil expert’s assessment and advice,  ExxonMobil last night said that delays will reduce the value of the project and that more than a year had already been spent on the process.

Twenty-one new cases of the novel coronavirus were recorded in Guyana yesterday as cases continue to rise.

A technical team including auditors are set to review operations at the recently commissioned $1.6 billion Infectious Diseases hospital as another team reviews the country’s phased reopening process even with the rise in COVID-19 cases.

The United Kingdom (UK) still has heightened investment interests in Guyana’s oil & gas sector says outgoing High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn who hopes that this country maximises the support given to the sector from UK’s oil & gas capital, Aberdeen, in Scotland.

Despite the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases in Region Nine, residents are still not adhering to restrictions and are continuing to illegally travel between Guyana and Brazil, the Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock has said.

Pointing to what it described as the glaringly obvious ethnic insecurities which pervade elections, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has said that an entirely novel approach to national constitutional governance is, perhaps, Guyana’s biggest need.

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) has proposed that the Ministry of Education implements a system to strengthen virtual learning and expand educational outreach across the country while schools are closed.

The COVID-19 situation in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) is not improving, according to Regional Health Officer Dr.

Rehabilitation work  on the Leguan Stelling will resume today. A release yesterday from the Ministry of Public Works said that from today to Sunday, August 16  there will be no disruption to the regular schedule for the ferry service.