Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force has arrested over 40 persons in Region Four for breaching the national 6pm to 6am curfew implemented by the Public Health Ministry in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

With water levels rising in Region Nine from recent rainfall, the incomplete bridges at Manari and Yakarinta could pose a threat to essential supplies getting to Rupununi residents.

Officials in Linden and other communities in Region Ten have voiced their concern that those most in need did not benefit during the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) mission to distribute food hampers as part of its COVID-19 relief efforts.

The Guyana Foundation has moved to supply food and medical supplies, including masks, to residents of Santa Rosa, in Region One, who are in need of assistance due to the impact of the current CIVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has moved a step closer to securing funds to execute works on the vulnerable Content, Mahaicony Sea Defences, which pose a threat of flooding to residents in the community and its environs, Sea and River Defence Officer Jermaine Braithwaite has said.

Members of the Guyana Police Force on Friday conducted a drug eradication exercise at Ebeni and Bartica Village, in the Upper Berbice River, where they found and destroyed more than $21 million in cannabis.

With International Nurses Day (IND) due to be observed on Tuesday, the President of the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA) is calling on the general public to show appreciation for nurses who continue to work assiduously to provide a high level of health care.

With the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases climbing daily in politically and economically downtrodden Venezuela and its citizens in “dire” need of help, the United States last week reiterated its plea to that country’s President Nicholas Maduro to allow it to take in humanitarian aid.

The Ministry of Public Health today said that the number of persons with COVID-19 has risen from 94 to 97.

The PPP today challenged a GECOM decision to livestream observation reports from the recount process which it said were riddled with `ridiculous’ claims and would lead to further delays in the process.

The Ministry of Public Health today said that it is broadening testing to find asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.

Forty-three ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted yesterday, bringing the three-day tally to 108 of 2339 boxes and upping the pressure on GECOM to decide how to quicken the process that has been slowed by numerous queries from the incumbent APNU+AFC.

With a resident of the Palms Geriatric Home officially the latest COVID-19 fatality and at least one other suspected to be a positive case, staff yesterday said they did not have adequate protective gear even as efforts continued to test and track those who may have come into contact with them.

Questioning if an attempt is afoot to “sideline” certain persons during the ongoing recount of votes cast at the March 2nd polls, Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) and attorney Timothy Jonas yesterday revealed that he has been contacted by the Public Health Ministry to undergo testing for COVID-19.

A total of 41 persons have been charged in Berbice over the past week with breaching the national curfew and other restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A man died yesterday morning after he was struck by a car along Aubrey Barker Road, in South Ruimveldt, and the police are searching for the driver, who abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene afterward.

A mother is calling for answers after her one year old child passed away at a city hospital following questionable care.

In his Europe Day message, European Union (EU) Ambassador Fernando Ponz Cantó yesterday said he would not wish dictatorship on any country, including Guyana.

Guyana continues to record few to no increases in the amount of confirmed cases of COVID-19, even as testing has been ramped up.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last evening announced that the delayed examinations for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) students will be held in July.