Guyana News

De facto Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence today lamented the cavalier approach to COVID-19 citing the 110% increase in cases in less than a month despite various measures to contain the spread of the virus.

CARICOM Chair, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley today called on all concerned to ensure a transparent recount process without further delay in order to provide legitimacy to any government which would be sworn in as a result of the March 2nd general elections.

A pyrotechnics explosion at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Stephenson, at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, killed three soldiers yesterday and left two others nursing injuries.

The measures which have been implemented to curb community spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been extended for one month, according to an order in the Official Gazette.

COVID-19 has claimed the life of another elderly man in Guyana, bringing the death toll as a result of the virus to nine.

The High Level Team of scrutineers promised by CARICOM for the recount of the ballots from the March 2 general elections is scheduled to arrive in Guyana this afternoon.

The Government of Guyana has signalled its intention to compulsorily acquire the property on which the Ocean View International Hotel is located for the construction of a National Sanatorium. 

A 32-year-old security guard died on Wednesday evening after colliding with a utility pole on the Unity Public Road on the East Coast of Demerara.

The planned National Recount has not yet started but the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has accused the incumbent coalition of planning to derail the process by creating “confusion” and signaled a willingness to declare Irfaan Ali President if such confusion ensues.

The Carter Center and the Organization of American States (OAS) have indicated that they intend to be present as observers for the National Recount of votes cast on March 2.

The five men who were on board the boat that slammed into another vessel along the Upper Berbice River on Tuesday evening, resulting in the deaths of four men, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were jointly charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. 

As an Intensive Care Unit technician, a Guyanese working at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, had witnessed firsthand the dreadful impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

In an ongoing effort to assist those affected by the coronavirus outbreak, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has partnered with the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) to give relief hampers to some 700 persons.

Although many persons living in the indigenous community of Jawalla, in Region Seven, are slowly adapting to the restrictions that have been put in place by the Ministry of Public Health to slow the spread of COVID-19, some who need internet access for their education have been unable to properly attend their online classes due to lack of cellular service and poor Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) re-elected Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer as its President at its recent Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) on Thursday presented advice on measures that children and families can take to cope during the COVID-19 outbreak and urged that `doomsday’ information be avoided.

The Government of Guyana has extended the emergency measures related to COVID-19 for one month.

De facto Minister of Public Health,  Volda Lawrence, today confirmed the ninth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19.

An explosion this morning at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Camp Stephenson Base, Timehri has left three soldiers dead and two injured.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday at about 8.30 pm  recaptured one of the recent Lusignan Prison escapees in the cane fields aback of  Beterverwagting Sideline Dam, ECD.,