Guyana News

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says that persons seeking repatriation during the COVID-19 lockdown are welcome to stay at any of its quarantine facilities for free or pay to stay at hotels designated to provide such services.

An overseas-based Guyanese nurse aid is among those who have died in the United States after being infected with the novel coronavirus disease.

Stating that it stands in solidarity with all interior communities, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling for mining to be removed from the list of “essential services” in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus in those areas which are close to the Brazil as the neighbouring country is being ravaged by the disease.

Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) partner Robin Muneshwer wants to establish a shipping container handling and workshop facility near the Houston, East Bank of Demerara shore base to repair heavy-duty equipment, according to a public notice issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Eighteen persons from La Parfaite Harmonie were tested by the mobile testing unit deployed to the community last Thursday.

An Upper Corentyne  driver whose hire car allegedly fatally struck a pedal cyclist along the Princetown Public Road last week was on Monday placed on $150,000 bail after he appeared in court. 

Health care workers attached to the Palms Geriatric Home recently underwent more training on effectively performing their duties while continuing to ensure safeguards remain in place against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Chinese national who allegedly fatally struck down a Nigg, Corentyne pensioner in January was finally placed before the court on Monday.

A West Canje, Berbice man was arrested yesterday after he was caught tossing a bag into the New Amsterdam Prison which contained cannabis and other prohibited items.

The driver of the minibus that was involved in a collision that resulted in the death of a La Parfaite Harmonie resident Lovern Benn last month has been discharged from the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) and is now bedridden at home.

A New Amsterdam man was on Monday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the charge of cultivating a prohibited substance in the Upper Berbice River area. 

A 49-year-old coconut vendor died on Sunday after falling from a coconut tree at Friendship, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

Eighty-four ballot boxes were recounted today according to GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj.

Former Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GEA) Khurshid Sattaur passed away today having battled illness over the past year.

The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) today called on the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to ensure that the Guyana Brazil border remains closed at least for the next three  months or until such time as it is safe to reopen to regular traffic.

CARICOM today expressed condolences on the passing of Guyanese international civil servant Miles Stoby.

In an independence day message to Guyana, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called on the Guyana Government to respect the wishes of voters as expressed on March 2nd 2020.

As Guyana registered its 11th death from COVID-19 yesterday, six more residents of the Palms Geriatric Home have tested positive  and patients have begun occupying the still under-construction sanatorium at the Ocean View Hotel after a shocking incident on Saturday at the Diamond isolation facility where doctors attempted to kick down a door.

Day 21 of the national recount concluded yesterday with a total of 82 ballot boxes being recounted and as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) falls farther behind its 25-day schedule two more work stations could be added today.

Some Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited customers are once again speaking out about the deduction of significant sums of money from their accounts and unsatisfactory explanations from the bank.