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With a resident of the Palms Geriatric Home officially the latest COVID-19 fatality and at least one other suspected to be a positive case, staff yesterday said they did not have adequate protective gear even as efforts continued to test and track those who may have come into contact with them.
Questioning if an attempt is afoot to “sideline” certain persons during the ongoing recount of votes cast at the March 2nd polls, Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) and attorney Timothy Jonas yesterday revealed that he has been contacted by the Public Health Ministry to undergo testing for COVID-19.
A total of 41 persons have been charged in Berbice over the past week with breaching the national curfew and other restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
A man died yesterday morning after he was struck by a car along Aubrey Barker Road, in South Ruimveldt, and the police are searching for the driver, who abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene afterward.
A mother is calling for answers after her one year old child passed away at a city hospital following questionable care.
In his Europe Day message, European Union (EU) Ambassador Fernando Ponz Cantó yesterday said he would not wish dictatorship on any country, including Guyana.
Guyana continues to record few to no increases in the amount of confirmed cases of COVID-19, even as testing has been ramped up.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last evening announced that the delayed examinations for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) students will be held in July.
As the police continue to probe the execution-style killing of Linden clothes vendor Glenroy Chapman, the lone suspect who was in custody has been released on station bail, Commander of Region 10 Hugh Winter yesterday confirmed.
Colleen Daly, the North East La Penitence vendor who was severely chopped about her body two Saturdays ago by her common-law husband before he took his own life, has been discharged from the hospital but is unable to do anything without support.
CARICOM’s human and social development council today said that the delayed CSEC Examinations will be held in July.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen to 94 after an additional 49 tests overnight, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Shamdeo Persaud.
In his Europe Day message today, EU Ambassador Fernando Ponz Cantó made a veiled reference to the ongoing electoral crisis here when he said he would not wish dictatorship on any country including Guyana.
After two days, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has managed to completely recount the ballots cast in 65 of the 2339 polling stations which operated on March 2, 2020.
CARICOM’s trade and economic council on Wednesday approved a strategy for reopening of economies after Heads of Government were told on Tuesday by a working group that the COVID-19 pandemic has been “largely contained” in the region.
The Public Health Ministry yesterday said there were no new cases of COVID-19 recorded from the latest batch of testing done.
Western diplomats representing the US, UK, Canada and the European Union yesterday met with de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Karen Cummings on the elections recount amid repeated warnings to George-town that the process has to be transparent and lead swiftly to the declaration of results.
Toshao of Baramita Sharmain Rambajue has said that she and a village councillor have been threatened with arrest after insisting that the police adhere to the precautionary measures put in place to protect the community’s residents from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
A fuel spill at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Kingston Power Complex that seeped into the Demerara River has led the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to launch an investigation and the two agencies are currently collaborating to determine the cause of the spill.
One of twelve youths, who escaped on Tuesday night from the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre remains on the run.
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