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18 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 2 days

Guyana recorded ten new cases of the coronavirus disease on Sunday and eight cases were recorded the previous day. The Public Health Ministry has not revealed details of the new cases, but the total number of active cases in Guyana has climbed to 169 with four of those persons now in the COVID-19 ICU at […]

Former Barbadian PM Owen Arthur dies

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur died in his home country just after midnight, according to an official statement from the Government of Barbados. He was 70-years-old. Arthur was hospitalised for over a week after suffering a heart attack. According to Nation News of Barbados, Arthur led Barbados as Prime Minister for an unprecedented three […]

Joinder parties say no to dialogue with APNU+AFC

The three small parties that are likely to share one seat in parliament regardless of how the final election results turn out, do not plan to hold any talks with the APNU+AFC following the coalition’s statement that it remains committed to dialogue with political stakeholders. In separate but similar statements, A New and United Guyana, […]

Lowenfield granted bail on private conspiracy charges; Case to continue in August

Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, Keith Lowenfield appeared in Court this morning before Magistrate Faith McGusty to face indictable private criminal charges filed against him by a member of the People’s Progressive Party, Desmond Morian and a member of The New Movement Party, Josh Kanhai. The private charges were filed after Lowenfield […]

La Penitence youth shot dead outside home in suspected robbery

Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a 23-year-old La Penitence man outside his Middle Road home. The dead youth has been identified as Navindra Samaroo. He worked as a Sales Representative for a phone card company. According to persons in the area, Samaroo was leaving his home this afternoon when two men pounced […]

Caribbean Airlines applies for regular service to Ogle

With uncertainty hanging over the return of LIAT, Caribbean Airlines continues its expansion into many of the markets that were being served by LIAT. Officials of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority have confirmed that Caribbean Airlines has applied for a license for schedule services between Port of Spain and the Ogle Airport in Guyana and […]