Guyana News

While admitting the need for urgent and comprehensive action to address the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyanese jurist Dr.

As of yesterday, a total of 101 persons have been arrested in Region Six for breaching the national curfew and other restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. 

Challenging the assertion by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) that mining is an essential service, Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) is calling for the industry to be stripped of that classification, while saying that it does not qualify as a service needed by every citizen, but rather to make a small number of wealthy men even wealthier.

Right now, it is a fact that the fast global spread of COVID-19 means none of us will be safe from this pandemic until we are all safe. 

The police are searching for two masked men who held up the NTech Computers and Electronics store, located on Robb Street, Lacytown, Georgetown yesterday.

Following the testing of 40 more persons, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday that Guyana’s COVID-19 cases remain at 153.

After being accused by Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine of shirking its tax obligations for the past five years, the Giftland Mall has said that it is the city which has delayed an agreed settlement and then attempted to seek interest for the time that has elapsed.

Due to a delay in the implementation of plans to address the outbreak of COVID-19 at the state-run Palms Geriatric Home, Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally has given the Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) the go ahead to take control of the situation.

The Ministry of Education is still to release the dates for the upcoming National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

A 61-year-old businesswoman was this afternoon murdered in her Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara house and the police have since arrested a suspect.

GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj says that 97 ballot boxes have been recounted today.

CARICOM’s elections observation mission today said that up to this point in time  Suriname has successfully staged a free, fair, transparent, and credible election.

GECOM Chair Claudette Singh today expressed concern over a `fake’  letter purporting to withdraw correspondence to the Police Commissioner on May 22 seeking assistance in investigating complaints made by APNU+AFC about voting on March 2nd.

Opposition parties yesterday sharply criticised GECOM Chair Claudette Singh for writing the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) on May 22nd on allegations made by APNU+AFC about illicit voting at the March 2nd general elections, a task they said was beyond her remit and full with sinister implications.

As day 26 of the National Recount ended yesterday, a record 100 ballot boxes were recounted but the incumbent APNU+AFC continues to not sign certificates for completed districts citing irregularities.

A twenty-three-old miner was fatally beaten at Princeville, Mahdia on Friday after he tried to help a girl who had been in altercation with a woman.

A Berbice businessman is now counting his losses after his wood-work shop located in Caracas was complete-ly destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. 

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on Saturday said that processing of some of its Visa international debit card transactions for the period since February 2020 are still to be done.

As it approaches two months since the implementation of the countrywide lockdown and a restriction on non-essential services enacted on April 3, residents of Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara are worried about what they will be having for their next meal while others are anxious about how long their meagre savings will last.

Hundreds of New York-based Guyanese, many of whom are undocumented, are facing a serious financial crisis after losing their jobs due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and are relying heavily on the distribution of food packages from various groups for their survival.