Guyana News

It has been more than a week since four prisoners, including two murder accused, escaped from the Holding Bay at the Lusignan Prison and up to yesterday afternoon there had been no trace of them.

With schools being closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), many residents of Karaudarnau Village, Deep South Rupununi, have retreated to their respective farms in the nearby forests to avoid the outbreak, however, they are still being negatively affected by restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the deadly respiratory disease.

Due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will not be conducting any meter readings and will instead give customers estimated bills.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha has thus far distributed 1,400 food hampers to bring relief to families in need during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The mobile sample collection units, launched on Monday by the Ministry of Public Health in Region Four, have been set up to take services for COVID-19 to residents and not have them go to a hospital.

The number of persons with the COVID-19 virus has risen from 74 to 75.

The high-level team of scrutineers from CARICOM for the recounting of votes from the March 2nd general elections is to travel to Guyana on Thursday following the approval of a chartered flight by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF).

Canadian silver miner Silvercorp Metals Inc is buying the Region Seven-based Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) in a CDN$105m deal which has been welcomed by the de facto government.

On the heels of a $100m pledge to Guyana, the United States yesterday  committed an additional US$1.7 million ($357m) to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean.

Trinidad-based lawyer and former United States (US) consular officer Randy Depoo yesterday presented a petition consisting of some 6,500 signatures to the United States Embassy here in Guyana calling for personal sanctions to be imposed against twelve members of the APNU+AFC coalition and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for allegedly attempting to “rig” the March 2 general and regional elections.

Colleen Daly, the North East La Penitence vendor who was brutally chopped about her body over the weekend attempted to leave her years-long marriage which was filled with domestic abuse on several occasions but despite this, her common-law husband kept after her.

Fifteen persons have now recovered from the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Guyana, according to the Ministry of Public Health, which says the number of positive cases has not increased since Saturday.

Around 70 Guyanese cruise ship workers, who have been stranded aboard vessels operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises in Florida, are pleading with the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to grant approval for their return home.

The suspect in the murder of a Canal No.1 woman has admitted to the crime and is currently in police custody.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) yesterday announced that it was introducing cargo charter services to support supply chains within the Caribbean which have been stressed by the COVID-19 lockdowns.

The body of late Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) head Komal Chand is still in Cuba awaiting the completion of necessary paperwork in order for it to be transported back to Guyana. 

The Ithaca man who allegedly fatally stabbed his former common-law wife last Thursday afternoon was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge after he appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court. 

Church’s Chicken has opened two new drive-thru outlets in Georgetown.  The most recent opening was last Saturday.

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday received protective gear from the People’s Republic of China to aid in efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

GECOM today said that CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has dispatched a letter to the Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) indicating that: 1.