Guyana News

The University of Guyana has announced the first in a series of public lectures which form part of the selection process for the next Vice Chancellor.

Although her toddler was found to have exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 before his death, grieving mother Nolene Williams has said no test for the virus was done afterward.

In light of COVID-19 cases being recorded at the Palms Geriatric Home, the Ministry of Public Health is taking active measures to safeguard residents at other vulnerable homes through screening and testing of both their staff and residents.

As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, it has so far had a large negative economic impact with further disruptions to come unless it is brought completely under control.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) subsidiary, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), has announced that it will make donations over a three-month period to support the Health Emergency Operating Centre’s (HEOC) emergency hotline.

Over two months since ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Artillery Unit were injured in the fireworks explosion at the Coast Guard Wharf, the families of two of the victims are still awaiting the findings from the Board of Inquiry (BOI) set up to investigate the accident.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced that 12 children are the winners of its Annual Early Savers Prize Drawing.

The number of persons positive for COVID-19 has risen overnight from 109 to 113, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle.

Six legislators from the US House of Representatives representing both Democrats and Republicans today expressed support for the recount of votes underway here and called for the return of Carter Center observers.

On the heels of its announcement that as much as 85% of its workforce here could be severed  in a restructuring exercise, Guyana Goldfields yesterday announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal from fellow Canadian miner Gran Colombia and this will be reviewed by the board to determine if it is superior to one from silver company, Silvercorp.

Region Nine’s first coronavirus (COVID-19) victim this morning escaped from the Lethem Hospital where he had been quarantined and was later apprehended at his Bon Fim, Brazil home just across the border, Region Nine Police Commander Keithon King confirmed.

Canadian gold miner Guyana Goldfields Incorporated (GGI) has informed the employees of the Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) that a significant number will be made redundant since the size of the workforce will be reduced over the next month to facilitate a transition from open pit to underground mining.

The first confirmed case out of Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) is among the five new COVID-19 cases, raising the overall number in Guyana to 109, according to de facto Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is slowly increasing the number of ballot boxes it processes daily in the National Recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

A Vryheid’s Lust mother of three was  stabbed to death by her son-in-law yesterday afternoon and he is currently in police custody after he was apprehend by public-spirited citizens.

Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Anil Nandlall has released a letter he wrote to Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, formally complaining about the results declared for Region Four by Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo.

The Ministry of Public Health has launched a COVID-19 testing and screening site at the Merriman Mall, Bourda. 

Now that the rainy season has started, many persons living in the Deep South area in the  Rupununi are wondering how they are going to adhere to the many restrictions outlined by the Ministry of Public Health and their respective village councils to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Four Corentyne men were yesterday charged with seven counts of armed robbery committed on residents within the Central Corentyne area over the past few weeks. 

A flood warning has been issued for flood-prone areas over the next few hours, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said yesterday.