By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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Guyana recorded two more COVID-19 related deaths today, taking the total number of deaths to 60. Of the 60 COVID-19 related deaths, 40 were recorded in the past six weeks, while the other 20 were recorded between March and July. The Ministry of Health today revealed that the two latest fatalities were a 63-year-old woman […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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A disturbance by inmates of the Lusignan prison over coronavirus fears was quelled this morning as the prison authorities assured the inmates that additional steps are being employed to ensure their safety. Two inmates of Lusignan prison have tested positive for coronavirus. The test results were made known yesterday. This morning, prisoners refused their meals […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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While the Guyana Government has not been offering details of the visit to Guyana by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a senior US State Department official today confirmed that the crisis in neighbouring Venezuela will form part of Mr. Pompeo’s discussions with the President and Foreign Minister of Guyana. During a teleconference briefing […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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With cooperation from neighbouring Brazil and INTERPOL, local investigators have been able to identify the man who was found dead in a crashed drug laden plane on Monday. He has been identified as 49-year-old Brazilian national Alessandro Eduardo Petravicius. The man’s body was flown to Georgetown from the scene of the accident and a post […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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An elderly man and a juvenile were among six persons charged today for the beating murder of Bath Settlement resident, Prittipaul Hargobin. The incident took place at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice last Wednesday during a protest by residents of the community. The six are accused of attacking and beating Hargobin into an unconscious state […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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Issues related to the nation’s public servants took centre stage this morning as the debate of the national budget estimates continued in the National Assembly. APNU+AFC Member of Parliament and former Minister of Public Service Tabitha Sarabo-Halley roasted the budget for its “neglect” of public servants. She said while the former coalition government has found […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir for the second time today, denied the Opposition request for questions to be posed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the two-day visit of the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Earlier this week, Nadir had denied the first set of questions. The Opposition reworked the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2020
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Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir this morning announced that 14 members of the parliamentary staff have tested positive for COVID-19. Over 100 staff members were tested last week after Nadir’s test came back positive and then a few days later, the tests for two other staffers also came back positive. The Clerk of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 15, 2020
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The death toll from the Coronavirus in Guyana continues to climb along with new cases of the disease. Today, the Health Ministry announced that 74 new cases of the disease and two more deaths have been recorded. The two latest fatalities have been identified as a 75-year-old man from Region Four and an 86-year-old woman […]
By News Source Guyana on September 15, 2020
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Two prisoners at the Lusignan jail have tested positive for coronavirus and prison authorites have no clue how the two might have contracted the virus. In a statement this afternoon, the Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said the results for the two prisoners were received this afternoon. They were being held in the Holding Bay […]