Guyana News

The Iwokrama International Centre, custodian of 371,000 hectares of Guyana’s rainforest, is alarmed at the spate of illegal activities in its forest.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) was last evening called to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) at Liliendaal where the national vote recount is being conducted following reports of a “burning smell” at the location.

Speaking on behalf of CARICOM, Barbados’ Ambassador to the  OAS Noel Lynch today declared that CARICOM takes its scrutineering role in the recount of votes from the March 2nd elections seriously and that every vote must count.

Saying that he had never before seen such a transparent attempt to alter the result of an election, the Head of the OAS observer mission to the March 2 polls here, Bruce Golding today told the OAS Permanent Council that the recount has shown clear examples of the inflation of APNU+AFC figures by the District Four Returning Officer  and a reduction of numbers for the opposition PPP/C.

Seven of Guyana’s ten administrative regions have now recorded positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A man who tested positive in Lethem for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was yesterday caught in Brazil after he escaped from an isolation facility and crossed the border, raising concerns about the dangers of continued illegal travelling between the two countries despite the closure of the Guyana/Brazil border.

Yesterday, the National Recount completed its seventh day by processing 48 ballot boxes taking the one-week total to 311 or 13% of the 2,339 boxes generated on polling day.

A fire gutted two buildings, including one that housed five families, opposite the Bartica Police Station on Monday night and an investigation is currently underway into its origins.

Following a review of the recount process, the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) yesterday decided to approach the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) for advice on increasing both the number of work stations and the working hours for the National Recount.

A fire, suspected to be the result of arson, has destroyed a building that housed a library and an ICT hub in the Bush Lot Community Centre Ground, Region Five.

An 18-year-old motorcyclist is now dead and his pillion rider has been hospitalised after they collided with a minibus along the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road on Saturday morning.

The eleven-year-old girl who had been quarantined for a total of fifty-seven days was yesterday discharged from a holding facility following two negative COVID-19 tests in a row.

The University of Guyana has announced the first in a series of public lectures which form part of the selection process for the next Vice Chancellor.

Although her toddler was found to have exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 before his death, grieving mother Nolene Williams has said no test for the virus was done afterward.

In light of COVID-19 cases being recorded at the Palms Geriatric Home, the Ministry of Public Health is taking active measures to safeguard residents at other vulnerable homes through screening and testing of both their staff and residents.

As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, it has so far had a large negative economic impact with further disruptions to come unless it is brought completely under control.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) subsidiary, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), has announced that it will make donations over a three-month period to support the Health Emergency Operating Centre’s (HEOC) emergency hotline.

Over two months since ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Artillery Unit were injured in the fireworks explosion at the Coast Guard Wharf, the families of two of the victims are still awaiting the findings from the Board of Inquiry (BOI) set up to investigate the accident.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced that 12 children are the winners of its Annual Early Savers Prize Drawing.

The number of persons positive for COVID-19 has risen overnight from 109 to 113, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle.