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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 […]
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 […]
Guysuco saw a sugar production shortfall in the first crop for 2020 by over 9000 tonnes, representing 20%. The company produced a total of 37,015 tonnes of sugar during the first crop. It was hoping to produce 46,476 tonnes during the first crop. In its review of sugar production for the first crop of 2020, […]
A businessman from Lethem was arrested on Sunday while smuggling beer from neighbouring Brazil. The businessman has been identified as Ryan Khan. He was arrested by ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit as he was loading the smuggled beer into his vehicle. He reportedly picked up the smuggled beer from a hidden spot close […]
Guyana recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24hours from a total of 143 completed tests. All 19 of those cases are from Region Nine. On Sunday, 10 cases were recorded with four cases from Region 9 and six cases from Region 7. On Saturday, the authorities recorded nine new cases with all […]
A young biker was pronounced dead last evening after crashing into a cyclist along Mandela Avenue. The cyclist has been hospitalised in a critical condition. Police investigators have identified the dead biker as Leon Wilkins of Sophia. The accident occurred just after 6pm. Eyewitnesses said the biker was speeding north along Mandela Avenue when he […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
Guyana has recorded one more death and one more case of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The person passed away on Monday but the coronavirus test results became available today. While not releasing any details on the 20th person to die from the virus in Guyana, the Ministry of Public Health revealed this […]
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