Guyana News

A 24-year-old rank of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday after being involved in an accident on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, according to the GDF. 

The imposition of more stringent measures by indigenous leaders in their respective communities since the first case of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in Region Nine has resulted in conflict between village leaders and the Rupununi Miners Association.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is heartened by President David Granger’s stated recognition of the recount being necessary to ensure a credible result to the March 2 elections but wishes that he would have assured of his party’s acceptance of the result from that process.

Over 50 farms owned by residents of the indigenous community of Masakenari are currently under water as a result of consistent rainfall leaving affected families with limited food supplies.

Guyana has recorded two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 127 while the Health Ministry has voiced concern about the spread of the virus in regions One and Seven.

A Berbice man was yesterday faced with four charges after he fatally struck a New Amsterdam woman along the Fort Canje Public Road on Saturday night.

A Number 49 Village resident was discovered dead in his home yesterday morning with a head injury.

Permission for the seventh commercial passenger flight from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to Miami Inter-national Airport was granted on Wednesday by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF).

Following the Caribbean Exami-nation Council’s decision to allow the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Pro-ficiency Examination (CAPE) exams to be done online in wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana’s students, their parents and teachers are still awaiting word from the Ministry of Education on how they will be administered here.

The Ministry of Public Health’s Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) is now conducting COVID-19 screening and testing at La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station.

Two more men were yesterday charged with seven armed robberies committed on Corentyne residents, making it a total of six persons that have been charged so far.

Hopeful of a return to St. Maarten this weekend, a member of the  Guyanese Association is seeking to find other residents of the island in Guyana who may wish to return home.

Statement by GECOM Chair Claudette SinghI am perturbed by an article published online via websites and social media platforms as well as in the today’s edition of the Kaieteur News under the caption, “Justice Singh doesn’t think it’s GECOM’s role to probe claims of anomalies – Commissioner Sase Gunraj.”

The Carter Center today expressed disappointment at not being able to return and observe the recount of votes at Guyana’s March 2nd general elections.

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) on Tuesday terminated the services of over 160 employees and plans to continue to reduce its approximately 530-member workforce over the next few days as it prepares for a takeover by Canadian silver miner Silvercorp.

A total of 71 ballot boxes were recounted yesterday at the conclusion of day 15 of the national recount and as GECOM seeks to further accelerate the process, Chairperson, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh intends to ask the national COVID-19 task force for two more work stations.

An investigation has been launched after a 25-year-old mother died after delivering her baby at the Fyrish Health Centre on Saturday evening.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has offered a compensation package to the widow of Ryan Khayum, the Pomeroon River farmer, who died in a boat accident involving a GDF coastguard vessel to cover her losses following the crash, a relative told Stabroek News.

Twenty-six more persons were tested for COVID-19 yesterday and of that number, no new case of the virus was recorded.

Two families are now counting their losses after a storm swatted their houses at Number 36 Village, Corentyne destroying their roofs and other sections.