By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana has recorded 7 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours and all of those new cases are from the Region One sub-district of Mabaruma. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer revealed today that there are now 143 active cases of coronavirus in Guyana with 11 of those cases in the COVID-19 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
Crime, News
As the Guyana Police Force continues its efforts to weed out the drug trade in Guyana, more raids and destruction of marijuana farms are being done. On Monday, a police narcotics eradication exercise was conducted at Bartica Village in the Berbice river. The party of Policemen found a two and a half acre marijuana farm […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News
Low cost Canadian airline West Jet is to operate flights to Guyana this week to ferry home Guyanese nationals who have been stranded in Canada over the past four months. News Source understands that more than 150 Guyanese nationals are stranded in Canada and have been waiting on the opportunity to come home. Just like […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Close to two dozen persons from the Moruca village in Region One staged a picketing exercise this morning to make known their disapproval of a decision by the Government to lock down the Region One communities as cases of the Coronavirus skyrocket there. Some of the protesting residents doubted the existence of Coronavirus in their […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Three Guyanese nationals including the driver of a bus, have been arrested after they attempted to smuggle nine Brazilian nationals over to Guyana using an illegal crossing in the Region Nine area that borders Brazil. The Police Force said the arrest was made after investigators in the area were alerted to the plan. At an […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2020
News, Politics
Moments after the Ministry of Public Health through the Department of Public Information announced a 16th COVID-19 death this evening, the dead woman’s relatives expressed shock and said they are confused with the coronavirus being linked to the 76-year-old woman’s death. The woman’s son, Lester Portsmouth told News Source that a few days ago his […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2020
News, Politics
The Citizenship Initiative political party has announced that it has asked its co-founder Ruel Johnson to step back from active duties with the party following allegations of verbal, physical and sexual abuse made against him. Johnson who currently serves as an Editor for the Kaieteur News and is a former Government Cultural Advisor has been […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2020
News, Politics
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday revealed that another five persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Guyana while one more person has made a full recovery. Guyana currently has 142 active cases of the virus with 10 of those persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Hospital. That is the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 5, 2020
News
The Ministry of Public Health has announced that Guyana has recorded its 15th COVID-19 related death, which is the third for this past week. 25-year-old Lethem teacher Donna Greaves passed away early this morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit since the 1st July. Greaves […]
By News Source Guyana on July 5, 2020
News, Politics
With Regions One and Seven becoming the home for more than 70% of the active COVID-19 cases in Guyana, the Public Health Ministry is locking down several communities in the two interior regions to begin widespread testing and screening. The Ministry has announced that medical teams will be in Aranka and surrounding mining areas in […]