Guyana News

With their limited medical resources, Guyana’s Indigenous communities are at risk of potential devastating consequences if the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) makes its way into any one of them, Amerindian People’s Association (APA) member Michael McGarrell has warned.

Guyana is not running out of kits to test for the novel coronavirus disease, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) resident representative Dr William Adu-Krow, who says some 7.000 more are expected.

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Local charter airline Air Services Ltd (ASL) yesterday denied increasing its prices for flights to hinterland regions, while Finance Minister Winston Jordan said the government would be prepared to examine proposals to cap the fares being charged by public transport operators.

Authorities in neighbouring Brazil arrested four persons last Wednesday afternoon after they allegedly attempted to smuggle a quantity of infrared thermometers into the country through an illegal crossing from Guyana.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday celebrated its 15th Anniversary and its President, Justice Adrian Saunders, said that as a court of last resort for contracting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states, it court represents a new and different approach to regionalism.

The Bishops’ High School Law Society (BHSLS) has commenced weekly live sessions aimed at engaging youth in a positive light amidst the anxieties brought on by COVID-19.

A 24-year-old excavator operator is currently hospitalised at a city hospital after he was allegedly shot and injured by his employer on Friday morning following a misunderstanding.

Armed bandits attacked two farmers and their wives in neighbouring villages on the Corentyne during the wee hours of Friday morning.  

An accident on the Essequibo Coast on Friday afternoon has left a motorcyclist hospitalised in a serious condition.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. on Friday announced that it has taken the decision to suspend mail delivery for the month due to the difficult logistics of meeting the dates identified by the national post office. 

Following the testing of 22 more persons suspected of having the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Guyana has recorded no new positive cases.

The second Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE), which was to be held next month, has been postponed until further notice.

Two persons, including the driver of a minibus, were taken into custody yesterday morning after the police found a quantity of cocaine and cannabis in the vehicle during a stop and search exercise at Mabura, Upper Demerara River.

Guyana has recorded its seventh novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) death. A release from the Department of Public Information quotes Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence as having confirmed that the death of the unidentified individual.

The long-awaited recount of votes from the March 2 general elections will be conducted using no more than 10 workstations, according to the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired judge Claudette Singh, but it remains unclear when the process will begin and how long it will last.

Vanessa Benjamin, the 21-year-old Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice woman who was killed on Thursday afternoon, was stabbed over 15 times, her family said yesterday.

Food security in Indigenous villages has become a growing concern for residents as travel restrictions to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the increased cost of flights have negatively impacted the delivery of basic necessities to the usually remote communities.

Following an official filing by United States lobbying firm JJ&B LLC, which says it was hired by government to change the narrative surrounding the March 2 elections, the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) yesterday stated that neither the Government of Guyana nor President David Granger had hired it.

The second largest daily increase in positive novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here was recorded yesterday even as Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative Dr William Adu-Krow said that the curve was slowly being flattened.