Guyana News

Vendors in the Bourda and Stabroek markets have been vocal about the hardships they continue to face as sales decrease due to the implementation of COVID-19 measures by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).

Guyana’s de facto Foreign Minister, Dr Karen Cummings has expressed the view that small economies like Guyana are in need of concessional financing in order to effectively address the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Linden Mining Enterprise (LINMINE) General Manager Emmet Alves is incensed at the indiscriminate dumping of garbage in key locations in Linden which he blames for stymieing repair works to key bridges in the bauxite-mining community.  

The Amerindian Peoples’ Association (APA) yesterday urged that hinterland students get “constructive redress” before sitting exams in July since these students have had little or no access to learning for almost three months.

Only one of the twelve juveniles who escaped from the Sophia detention centre earlier this month remains on the run while the others are being held at the Kitty Police station while investigations continue.

GECOM recounted 84 ballot boxes today which means that there are only 326 boxes of 2,339 left to process.

(Reuters) – West Indies named a 14-man squad for next month’s proposed three-test series in England, with three players refusing to travel due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the region’s cricket board (CWI) said today.

With just about 80% of ballot boxes tabulated the People’s Progressive Party/Civic leads the APNU+AFC Coalition by more than 18,000 votes at the General Elections.

Marcus Bisram was yesterday freed for the second time since his extradition to Guyana after the High Court on Monday ruled that the order by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to reopen the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge levelled against him was unlawful.

The government has announced a two-week extension of the emergency measures that were put initially put in place in early April to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while also saying that Guyanese returning from overseas would be allowed to quarantine themselves at home for a mandatory seven days. 

Another series of allegations from the APNU+AFC about irregularities at the March 2nd general elections has fallen apart after facing scrutiny yesterday.

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations will be held on July 1st and July 2nd and the heath guidelines are expected to be released today.

As the police continue to investigate the murder of businesswoman Sattie Beekharry, family members are still puzzled as to what might have been the motive and the relationship, if any, between the suspect in custody and the dead woman.

For the third day in a row, the Public Health Ministry has reported no new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guyana.

Now that there are at least nine active cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santa Rosa, the Village Council has decided to restrict travel to and from the Region One community for a six-week period.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited yesterday said that all refunds and unprocessed VISA International Debit Card (IDC) transactions will be processed to affected customers’ accounts today.

The Small Business Bureau has seen a significant response from local small businesses seeking financial relief amidst the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

Almost two years after three members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were slapped with a total of 50 fraud charges in connection with the forgery of driver’s licences, the charges were dismissed by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus after the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence against them.

Guyana has so far handled the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fairly well as the emergency measures put in place worked to decrease the spread, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative Dr.

A West Canje, Berbice man was yesterday granted his release on $100,000 bail after he was charged with cultivating marijuana on a field which was previously used to grow cane for the Rose Hall Estate.