Guyana News

The Liberty and Justice Party has asked that Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers be excluded from the proposed recount of votes cast in the March 2 Elections.

ExxonMobil says that it has put stringent novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measures in place for workers heading to and on its vessels in the offshore Stabroek Block, even as it continues to monitor global low oil prices and the possible effects on the company.

Tenders were last Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of a number of recreational facilities in the Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region 2.

Minister of Public Health  Volda Lawrence, this evening confirmed a fifth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19.

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence today announced that the number of COVID-19 cases here has risen to 31 and eight persons are in the Intensive Care Unit and one is in critical condition.

In light of the COVID-19 emergency measures effective April 3, 2020 – May 3, 2020, released by the Minister of Public Health, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) will be closed from Thursday April 9, 2020.

Marcus Brian Bisram was committed to stand trial at the High Court this morning after Magistrate Renita Singh reopened the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against him last Thursday.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday cleared the way for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to proceed with a recount of the ballots cast in the March 2nd general and regional elections but emphasised that GECOM cannot delegate its supervisory authority to any other body.

On Tuesday March 31, 2020, the PPP/C-led National COVID-19 Stakeholders’ Response Forum says it launched two campaigns – `stay at home/self-isolation’ and `everyone wear a mask’ and expects production of 27,000 cloth masks shortly.

A “Burnhamite faction” has taken control of the PNCR and will wage a bitter fight to ensure they continue to enjoy a good life, says former PNCR parliamentarian Jerome Khan.

A Timehri father of one was fatally stabbed yesterday following an altercation with several others.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday said that pay cuts will be implemented at the company as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19.

A biker of Cummings Lodge died in an early morning accident yesterday after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding on the Coverden, East Bank Demerara Public Road.

The March 16th Aide Memoire governing the recount of votes at the March 2nd general elections at which a CARICOM team was to be present had recognised the supremacy of the constitution in this matter (see below).

Additional kits to test for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are being procured by the Ministry of Public Health, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle confirmed last night.

As of yesterday six persons were being processed for court in Berbice after they breached the partial lockdown order that was recently issued.

A day after Quincy Braithwaite publicly complained of health officials refusing to test him for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite displaying severe symptoms, he was tested on Friday.

Since the COVID-19 hotlines were set up, operators have been receiving prank calls which has made contact tracing for the surveillance team and the job of the hotline operators difficult.

In light of the newest confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Guyana, the Supreme Court of Judiciary yesterday updated Emergency Directions for all Courts in Guyana.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday began the distribution of relief hampers to vulnerable communities as part of the government’s efforts to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.