Guyana News

After a short-lived release, Marcus Bisram was yesterday remanded to prison once again after Magistrate Renita Singh complied with a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and reopened the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against him at the Whim Magistrate’s Court. 

In light of the presence of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wants the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to  suspend its operations while providing financial support for its sugar workers.

The royalty payment for January from the Liza-1 well operations in the offshore Stabroek Block will see Guyana getting around US$1.2 million as ExxonMobil and its partners lifted some 1,025,305 barrels of crude, according to the Ministry of Finance’s calculations.

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence yesterday urged persons to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by covering up their mouths and noses when leaving their homes.

Maintaining that it did not submit expired HIV testing kits to the Ministry of Public Health, Caribbean Medical Supplies Inc.

In recognition of the difficulties many of its clients are currently experiencing because of the coronavirus, the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED) will waive all late fees generated after February 29 and suspend the penalty interest for late or deferred installments.

A minibus driver was yesterday granted bail after denying a charge of dangerous driving.

By António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations Only by coming together will the world be able to face down the COVID-19 pandemic and its shattering consequences.

A man accused of stealing over a million dollars in phone credit and other valuables was yesterday remanded on an armed robbery charge.

US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch today issued a statement defending the input by her and US government officials on the need for a fair result from the March 2nd general elections here.

President David Granger today announced that public gathering at places of entertainment  including bars and restaurants will be prohibited from 6 pm to 6 am with effect from midnight tomorrow.

As of today, the number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Guyana remains at 19 while the number of persons who have been tested thus far has increased from 70 to 75.

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) set up by the Commonwealth to deal with persistent and serious violators of its shared principles today called on GECOM “to immediately fulfil its constitutional mandate and ensure the sovereign right of the people of Guyana to duly elect their Government is respected through a transparent and credible counting and tabulation process”.

Despite displaying a severe symptom of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and having been in direct contact with relatives of Jermaine Ifill, the man who died days after testing positive for COVID-19, Quincy Braithwaite says that health officials are refusing to test him because he has not displayed 90% of the manifestations of the disease.

Four deaths have now been attributed to COVID-19 with the latest being that of a 59-year-old man at the Diamond Hospital last night.

Less than a week before the March 2nd elections, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan granted permission for a number of state assets to be sold, among them some 2.5 acres of prime land at Mud Lot, Cummingsburg, Georgetown, to BK International.

Jermaine Ifill, who died on Tuesday from the COVID-19 virus,  got no response from the state hotline after reporting his symptoms and made several attempts to acquire a non-rebreather mask and an oxygen tank while in institutional isolation just prior to his death.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is unimpressed with the current government’s management of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

As her attorney had announced, APNU+AFC candidate Ulita Grace Moore will be appealing the Full Court’s decision discharging injections she had previously been granted which had halted preparations for a recount of votes cast at the March 2nd polls.

Drug accused businessman Ghalee Khan is seeking a plea deal with US authorities in relation to his cocaine trafficking charge, according to court documents.