Guyana News

According to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence, Guyana conducted its first test for COVID-19 on February 26 exactly two weeks before the first imported case of the virus was recorded.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation is currently functioning on a skeleton staff even though it falls under the category of essential services.

The Region 10 policing division is currently faced with the challenge of operating with limited personnel but efforts are being made to ensure that emergency measures ordered by Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are fully enforced.

The two primary markets in the city of Georgetown were in full swing yesterday as they were allowed to operate within the confines of a six-hour day, despite concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is continuing to provide families within vulnerable communities across the country with supplies as the country is currently under curfew due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

A contracted Guyana Power and Light worker died on Sunday after he fell from a transition tower while executing his duties in Ithaca, West Bank Berbice.

The risk of contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from an asymptomatic host is relatively low, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO) country representative Dr William Adu-Krow said on Monday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it has arranged for over $1M in care hampers to be given to cancer patients and care providers at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). 

A woman was detained by the police shortly after mid-day Monday after she allegedly threatened to shoot her partner who managed to disarm her.

Two more cases of the coronavirus were this afternoon announced by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today welcomed Sunday’s Court of Appeal decision clearing the way for a recount of votes from the March 2nd elections  and said that the US is prepared to work with GECOM to ensure a fair process.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp today throttled back a multi-year investment spree in shale, LNG and deep water oil production and will cut planned capital spending by 30% this year as the coronavirus pandemic saps energy demand and oil prices.

CARICOM is once again being invited to be present at a recount of the ballots cast in the March 2 General Elections, this time by GECOM itself.

Almost four weeks since Guyana recorded its first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the number of confirmed cases continues to grow and the death toll has risen to five.

Residents of Canal Number Two are in a state of shock after the body of a cattle farmer was found yesterday morning buried in a shallow grave.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has suspended operations at its two sugar estates in Berbice after workers protested against working in what they called an unhealthy environment due to their concerns about being put at risk for contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Jim Bacchus, the proprietor of Jim Bacchus Travel Service, which operated offices in Georgetown and New Amsterdam has passed away.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has labelled the proposed recount of all votes cast on March 2, 2020 as “an entire waste of time and wholly unnecessary” and called for a limited recount of votes cast in Region 4 to be broadcast live on radio and television as well as live streamed.

Magistrate Renita Singh, who last week ruled that there was insufficient evidence against Marcus Brian Bisram to stand trial for murder, yesterday committed him to the High Court after she was directed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to reopen the preliminary inquiry and proceed with the committal. 

Though the Guyana Court of Appeal had said on Sunday that consequential orders would have been issued yesterday following a ruling that cleared the way for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to proceed with a recount of the ballots cast in the March 2nd general and regional elections, those orders are now expected today.