Guyana News

A Courtland, Corentyne, man was yesterday arrested after he assaulted his girlfriend and her eight-year-old daughter.

Works have still not commenced on the sea defence located at Content, Mahai-cony which continues to deteriorate at a rapid pace.

Region Ten’s Regional Emergency Health Committee has begun mobilising food supplies which they plan to distribute to families in the region who are affected by the nationwide lockdown.

Ministry of Public Health update:The situation in Guyana, as of today 8th April 2020, is as follows.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield today proposed 156 days for the recounting of ballots from the disputed March 2nd elections.

Veteran trade unionist and long-time PPP executive Komal Chand died early this morning in Cuba where he had gone for treatment, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) Seepaul Narine confirmed.

Deryck Jaisingh, who died on Monday from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), made numerous attempts to contact the COVID-19 hotline to report the severity of his symptoms but never got any response until 11 days later, when his condition had significantly worsened.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has temporarily removed the Value Added Tax (VAT) from Water and Electricity and extended the deadline for the filing of tax returns to June 30, 2020.

In orders issued yesterday afternoon, the Guyana Court of Appeal reiterated that while the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) can proceed with a recount of the ballots cast in the March 2nd general and regional elections, it cannot abdicate or delegate its supervisory function over the election process, more particularly the recount of the ballots.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday the start of production at its Payara project in Guyana, its third major development in the world’s newest offshore oil hotspot, could be delayed as the company scales back spending due to the crude price crash.

Guyana continues to record increases in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, with the announcement that there are now 33 confirmed cases even as the Health Ministry launched a new app to aid in the response to the outbreak.

A Port Mourant land surveyor, who fell to the ground during a fight with a known associate, was later picked up in front of his residence yesterday morning and rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.  

The Atlantic Ocean yesterday began to overtop a vulnerable section of the Content, Mahaicony, sea defence and the Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has asked for an emergency meeting to be convened today to discuss a solution.

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.