Guyana News

The planned National Recount has not yet started but the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has accused the incumbent coalition of planning to derail the process by creating “confusion” and signaled a willingness to declare Irfaan Ali President if such confusion ensues.

The Carter Center and the Organization of American States (OAS) have indicated that they intend to be present as observers for the National Recount of votes cast on March 2.

The five men who were on board the boat that slammed into another vessel along the Upper Berbice River on Tuesday evening, resulting in the deaths of four men, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were jointly charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. 

As an Intensive Care Unit technician, a Guyanese working at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, had witnessed firsthand the dreadful impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

In an ongoing effort to assist those affected by the coronavirus outbreak, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has partnered with the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) to give relief hampers to some 700 persons.

Although many persons living in the indigenous community of Jawalla, in Region Seven, are slowly adapting to the restrictions that have been put in place by the Ministry of Public Health to slow the spread of COVID-19, some who need internet access for their education have been unable to properly attend their online classes due to lack of cellular service and poor Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) re-elected Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer as its President at its recent Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) on Thursday presented advice on measures that children and families can take to cope during the COVID-19 outbreak and urged that `doomsday’ information be avoided.

The Government of Guyana has extended the emergency measures related to COVID-19 for one month.

De facto Minister of Public Health,  Volda Lawrence, today confirmed the ninth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19.

An explosion this morning at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Camp Stephenson Base, Timehri has left three soldiers dead and two injured.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday at about 8.30 pm  recaptured one of the recent Lusignan Prison escapees in the cane fields aback of  Beterverwagting Sideline Dam, ECD.,

The bodies of the four men who were flung overboard on Tuesday evening after a ganja-carrying boat collided with theirs in the Upper Berbice River were recovered yesterday. 

Forty-one persons were tested yesterday for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – the highest daily figure – even as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representative to Guyana called again for the ramping up of testing in the country.

An extra hour has been cleared for the daily recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections but the CARICOM Secretariat is still to advise the Guyana Elections Commission on when its team is to arrive.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying a masked man in the pictures below who is suspected of stealing batteries from traffic lights.

The British Airways charter flight that on Tuesday brought in offshore oil and gas workers was delayed here for several hours because of the failure to pay the necessary Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax and was only allowed to leave after ExxonMobil gave an undertaking to pay the outstanding monies.

Guyana has moved up in the press freedom rankings for the third straight year, moving to 49th out of the 180 countries listed on 2020 World Press Freedom Index even as the Reporters without Borders (RSF) assessment has deemed the upcoming decade a “decisive” one for journalism. 

ExxonMobil and its partners here have pledged more than $60 million to local organisations to support COVID-19 programmes that are in need of funding.

A miner died on Tuesday morning after the mining pit where he was working caved in.