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Airports reopening unlikely before the end of August

The Guyana Civil Aviation is still to make a final decision on a complete reopening of the country’s two international airports, but officials close to the National COVID-19 Task Force have indicated that it is unlikely that the airports will be reopened before the end of August. Guyana’s two international airports have been closed to […]

Private criminal charges filed against GECOM Chair Claudette Singh for “misconduct in public office”

Two citizens have filed private criminal charges against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice, Claudette Singh. The two persons, Keith Ondaan of Linden and Onita Walcott of Victoria are all accusing Justice Singh of malfeasance in public office contrary to the common law. Although the charges are the same, they are related […]

43 non-nationals identified as victims of human trafficking

In the first seven months of this year, the Trafficking in Persons Unit of the Social Protection Ministry identified 43 victims of human trafficking in Guyana.  All of those persons were non-nationals. In a statement today, the Trafficking-in-persons unit explained that it received a total of 22 cases of suspected trafficking and 8 of those […]

36 Active COVID-19 Cases in Region Nine

Communities across Region Nine have been warned by the Regional Health Officials that they are all at a high risk of seeing more cases of coronavirus. As of Monday, Region Nine had recorded a total of 41 cases of coronavirus with 36 of those cases still active. The region recorded its first COVID-19 case back […]