Guyana News

The plummeting oil prices worldwide would see Guyana getting less than the expected US$300 million for this year but if the APNU+AFC government had negotiated for better royalties it would have cushioned the lost sums, says Dr Jan Mangal, the former Petroleum Advisor to President David Granger.

In a statement released yesterday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has reiterated that there is no breakdown in the rule of law in Guyana and stressed that the APNU+AFC coalition government remains in place until a successor is declared and sworn-in in its stead.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence today announced three more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Reeaz Holladar, the applicant in the PPP-led court case challenging the vote count for Region Four died this morning by apparent suicide.

The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh has submitted to Justice Franklyn Holder an affidavit contending that GECOM is fully empowered under the Constitution of Guyana to order a recount of votes at the March 2 general elections if necessary.

A 37-year-old woman was last night chopped to death at the Bartica Airstrip.

The United Nations (UN) System in Guyana yesterday called on the government to urgently introduce more stringent measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including barring non-essential movement outside the home.

Ruling that it was not the correct forum at which to entertain such an application, Justice Franklyn Holder yesterday rejected the request made by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to have the statements of poll (SOPs) for Region Four disclosed to the court, stating that the proper forum would be an elections petition.

More than 1,000 additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing kits and 14 ventilators have been donated to Guyana by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).

For days, Guyana’s coronavirus counter has been frozen at five. It would mean that this country is a lonely outlier in the infection growth patterns seen in dozens of other countries.

Nurses attached to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) refused to enter the hospital’s compound yesterday to show their displeasure at the lack of protective equipment and disinfectants at the medical institution.

A senior Canadian government official yesterday warned that a fraudulently elected government here will not be recognised.

An Eastern Airlines relief flight from Georgetown to Miami is expected leave today at 4:30pm.

Bandits yesterday morning broke into the home of the Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) family who are currently in isolation after they tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Following the announcement that Region Ten officials will be imposing a curfew in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Linden residents under the impression that it was a lockdown began panic buying yesterday.

With the closure of schools and some businesses as well as the cancellation of a number of events countrywide so as to better practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus, it is now a concern about whether those venturing outside of their homes are adhering to social distancing instructions as well.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday expressed disappointment at the response by Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, to its request for the release of copies of all the Statements of Poll (SoP) for every district.

A father of two accused of armed robbery, was yesterday remanded to prison at a Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The UN System today called on the Guyana Government to impose more stringent measures to stem COVID-19.

A Guyanese Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus operator in New York with 21 years on the job died from coronavirus yesterday, the second member of the agency’s workforce to succumb to the disease.