Guyana News

Sohan Ramdial, the cattle farmer whose body was found in a shallow grave on Monday morning, was stabbed multiple times, an autopsy yesterday confirmed.

A unidentified motorcyclist died yesterday afternoon after he lost control of his bike and collided with a concrete median on the Houston, East Bank Demerara Public Road.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) yesterday announced that it has debarred Mohan Surujpaul trading as M Surujpaul General Construction and General Service from bidding for state contracts for three years.

The People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Masking Guyana initiative that has seen persons from Regions 3, 4, 5, and 6 getting onboard to create thousands of cloth masks to protect from the coronavirus that has claimed six lives here is well on its way to reaching it’s 10,000 goal this week.

Ruling among other things that the law leans in favour of limiting fundamental rights in the interest of public health to detect, prevent, contain and eliminate infectious diseases, the Full Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by Kennard Gobin, who challenged the detention of his son at a government quarantine facility.

Just a few days before one of Christianity’s biggest celebrations, the COVID-19 shutdown has left persons with no other option but to celebrate Easter at home.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged countries in the region to ensure that health care workers have access to the personal protective equipment (PPE) and supplies they need to care for patients affected by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

A Courtland, Corentyne, man was yesterday arrested after he assaulted his girlfriend and her eight-year-old daughter.

Works have still not commenced on the sea defence located at Content, Mahai-cony which continues to deteriorate at a rapid pace.

Region Ten’s Regional Emergency Health Committee has begun mobilising food supplies which they plan to distribute to families in the region who are affected by the nationwide lockdown.

Ministry of Public Health update:The situation in Guyana, as of today 8th April 2020, is as follows.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield today proposed 156 days for the recounting of ballots from the disputed March 2nd elections.

Veteran trade unionist and long-time PPP executive Komal Chand died early this morning in Cuba where he had gone for treatment, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) Seepaul Narine confirmed.

Deryck Jaisingh, who died on Monday from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), made numerous attempts to contact the COVID-19 hotline to report the severity of his symptoms but never got any response until 11 days later, when his condition had significantly worsened.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has temporarily removed the Value Added Tax (VAT) from Water and Electricity and extended the deadline for the filing of tax returns to June 30, 2020.

In orders issued yesterday afternoon, the Guyana Court of Appeal reiterated that while the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) can proceed with a recount of the ballots cast in the March 2nd general and regional elections, it cannot abdicate or delegate its supervisory function over the election process, more particularly the recount of the ballots.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday the start of production at its Payara project in Guyana, its third major development in the world’s newest offshore oil hotspot, could be delayed as the company scales back spending due to the crude price crash.

Guyana continues to record increases in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, with the announcement that there are now 33 confirmed cases even as the Health Ministry launched a new app to aid in the response to the outbreak.

A Port Mourant land surveyor, who fell to the ground during a fight with a known associate, was later picked up in front of his residence yesterday morning and rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.  

The Atlantic Ocean yesterday began to overtop a vulnerable section of the Content, Mahaicony, sea defence and the Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has asked for an emergency meeting to be convened today to discuss a solution.