Guyana News

Guyana now has 70 confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, while some 12 persons have now recovered from the disease.

Police investigators probing the robbery carried out on Emperor Mineral Trading in Bartica on Wednesday are seeking to have available surveillance footage enhanced in order to identify the suspect.

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) yesterday announced that tomorrow will be the first day of the holy month of Ramadan for the Muslim Community.

A Venezuelan woman is now hospitalised in stable condition at a health outpost at Aranka Landing, Cuyuni River, Region Seven, after she was chopped and burnt by her Guyanese partner early yesterday morning.

In an effort to help its customers weather the coronavirus crisis, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has introduced a new rate structure designed to ease the financial burden.

As a result of the increase in applications for the importation of medical devices (IVDs test kits and laboratory reagents) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has warned that only those with WHO approval will be allowed in.

A senior police source yesterday confirmed that the two drivers who were involved in the accident along the Number 71 Public Road on Tuesday, which resulted in the death of a woman and serious injuries to her husband, have since been released on $200,000 station bail.

India is assisting Antigua and Barbuda with funding to the tune of US$1 million for that country’s community development projects in the context of the current situation of COVID-19 with an immediate assistance of US$150,000 for medical supplies and equipment.

An East Canje Berbice couple who were busted with a quantity of cannabis at the Berbice River Bridge outpost on Sunday, were yesterday charged jointly with possession of narcotics when they appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court.

HeroCart, a small business that offers delivery services for food, laundry and nearly any day-to-day request around Georgetown, has risen to the challenge of meeting the needs of those stuck indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Public Health today said that the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus rose to 70 from 67 yesterday.

The US Embassy today said that US$475,000 ($100m) is being released by the US to Guyana’s COVID-19 fight.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Zahir Ali , aged 40 years,  a fisherman  of Lot 78 Mosquito Hall, Unity,  Mahaica, East Coast Dememara which occurred on 2020-04-22 about 7.20 pm  allegedly by two males, one of whom has since been detained while the other is being sought.

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll percentage of 10.4 is far beyond the World Health Organization’s estimated 3 – 4 % mortality rate and this is of great concern to the Public Health Ministry.

Both the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) and the National Air Transport Association (NATA) have expressed grave concern over the accusation by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCCA) of ‘price gouging’. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is expected to meet  today to discuss the draft order for the proposed recounting of votes for the 2020 General Elections and opposition- Commissioner Sase Gunraj is hoping for  finality on the terms so that the counting can begin soonest.

The financial crisis facing the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is likely to force the company to approach the caretaker government for aid in order to pay employees’ wages and salaries for May, a source on Tuesday told Stabroek News.

The residents of Dantzig and Columbia villages in Mahaicony are becoming increasingly alarmed as the sea defences in the area erode more and more every day.

While a number of businesses remain closed to the public on Regent Street, those of the non-essential type which keep their doors open are saying that they have no other choice in order to keep bread on their tables and those of their employees.

At least 32 Crabwood Creek loggers, who are stuck at various points up the Corentyne River are running out of supplies since neither they nor their employers are able to traverse the river, after the Suriname authorities closed access due to that country’s COVID-19 curfew.