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Guyana has recorded a 13th death from the coronavirus disease. The latest victim is a 42-year-old man who was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital on Monday complaining of severe breathing problems. He passed away the same day and a COVID-19 test was conducted after his death. The results confirmed the disease. Meanwhile, Regions 1, 4 […]
The Guyana Defence Force is under a new command. Brigadier Godfrey Bess today assumed the office of Chief of Staff of the GDF after receiving his official instruments of Commission from President David Granger. Bess takes over the GDF as the current Chief of Staff Brigadier Patrick West proceeds on pre-retirement leave. In brief remarks, […]
After listening to arguments for more than seven hours in the Guyana Election Declaration case, the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Justice Adrian Saunders announced that the Court will hand down its decision on the case next Wednesday, 8th July. The case was taken before the CCJ by the Presidential Candidate and the […]
The Government’s holding company, NICIL, today announced that it has credited the account of Guysuco with $250 million which represents a partial response to the company’s request for a bailout from the Government. An additional $750 million is to be made available soon. NICIL said its total disbursements to Guysuco over the past two years […]
With the recent spike in coronavirus cases locally, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has delayed the phased reopening of the country’s international airports. The Cheddi Jagan International Airport was set to reopen its runway today for international commercial flights. However, in a statement, the GCAA said it consulted with the Ministry of Public Health and […]
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has declared that he has instructed his State Department to ensure that those persons undermining Guyana’s democracy are held accountable. He did not name the persons he believes are undermining democracy in Guyana and neither did he indicate what form of accountability he may be considering. The statement […]
President David Granger has once indicated that he intends to abide by the declaration that is made by the Guyana Elections Commission on the elections, pointing out that it is the Commission that has to do its work to bring the process to finality. Speaking to reporters this morning at State House, the President responded […]
The People’s Progressive Party through its member Desmond Morian and The New Movement party through its candidate Daniel Josh Kanhai have filed private criminal charges against the Chief Election Officer of Guyana alleging fraud. The two separate charges against CEO Keith Lowenfield were filed yesterday and could come up for hearing as early as Friday. […]
Guyana appears to be experiencing a surge in COVID 19 cases especially in the Region One and Region Seven communities. The Public Health Ministry reported today that the country has recorded 10 new cases of the coronavirus within the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 119. The total number of […]
Within the space of one week, Bartica has recorded six cases of the coronavirus disease. The mining town recorded its first case last Wednesday and according to the Regional Health Officer (RHO) of Region Seven, Dr. Edward Sagala a sixth person from the town has since tested positive. Four of the six cases are from […]
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