Guyana News

With nine active cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santa Rosa, in Region One, the community’s health care system is struggling to meet the needs of the patients despite it being the largest and most developed indigenous community.

A West Coast Berbice man is now in police custody for the alleged murder of his brother after a booze-fuelled squabble over a plot of land owned by their father ended yesterday in a fatal stabbing. 

Flaring offshore at ExxonMobil’s Liza-1 well has been  reduced significantly from some 80 million cubic feet (cf) of natural gas per day to nearly 2 million cf but glitches in the reinjection process have continued and it rose to about 14 million cf per day as COVID-19 restrictions delayed staff from rectifying the issue, Head of the Environmental Protection Agency Dr Vincent Adams says.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force Joseph Harmon has announced that while an extension of the current emergency measures in place to stem the spread of the virus is being considered, a complete lockdown of the country is not.

The Public Health Ministry yesterday confirmed two new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing  the country’s total to 152.

When it began its Plant Project last month, the Miss Earth Guyana organisation planned to distribute 100 kits in regions Four and Five in order to get persons to save money by starting their own kitchen gardens.

The body of a 38-year-old sailor was recovered yesterday morning after he reportedly fell overboard in an accident at the wharf at St Mary’s Quarry, which is operated by Toolsie Persaud Limited on the left bank of the Essequibo River.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has said it has donated sanitising agents to several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across Guyana during the current month as part of its “Pinktober” initiative.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that public hearings on whether it has the jurisdiction to adjudicate Guyana’s border controversy with Venezuela is to begin on June 30, at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

Following repeated encounters with the police, two persons were last week charged with breaching the national curfew implemented by the Public Health Ministry to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Timehri Film Festival (TFF) will be hosted virtually this year, beginning from June 4th.

An East Canje woman was arrested on Friday after police raided her brother’s Upper Berbice River home, where she handed over an unlicensed pistol.

While noting that a recent review by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that smoking is associated with increased severity of disease and death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has urged regional states to work together to prevent and lessen the use of all forms of tobacco products and scale-up efforts to implement their commitments under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 

Eighty-four ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today, according to GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj.

APNU+AFC elections agent Joseph Harmon today said that the incumbent coalition has written 11 letters in the last four days to GECOM over alleged “irregularities” associated with the March 2nd general elections and it is demanding answers be given.

Chief Executive Officer of the National COVID-19 Task Force Joseph Harmon has announced that while an extension of the current emergency measures in place to stem the transmission of the virus is being considered, a complete lockdown of the country is not.

With one day left in the original timeline for the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections, GECOM yesterday extended the deadline to June 13 and by majority decision agreed for  a maximum of three days after the receipt of a final report from the Chief Election Officer (CEO)  for the declaration of a result.

Following the confirmation of multiple cases of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Moruca Sub-District of Region One, the Santa Rosa village council has announced that a complete lockdown will be imposed on the community for two weeks.

Police are cracking down on persons who are breaching the emergency directives put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including those not abiding by the national curfew and some businesses that are still operating although they have not been deemed essential services.

A 54-year-old farmer and her nine-year-old granddaughter are now dead after a tree fell on them on Thursday afternoon at Imbaimadai, Upper Mazaruni.