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Hours after the Minister of Public Health revealed that there were eight persons in the special COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, one of the persons who was in a critical state succumbed to the respiratory disease. He has been identified by close friends as local drag-racer Deryc Jaisingh aka “Mad Dog”. He was well known at […]
There are now eight persons being housed in the coronavirus intensive care unit and one of those persons is in a critical condition. The development was announced today by Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence. It was also announced that the total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana now stands at 31, […]
With the Court of Appeal clearing the way for the Guyana Elections Commission to move ahead with its recount of votes from the 2nd March elections, the Commission met today and started to look at the modalities that will have to be put in place to facilitate the start of the recount. The Commission has […]
The Georgetown City Council has announced that Municipal Markets will be allowed to operate between the hours of 7 am and 2 pm daily in keeping with measures implemented by the Government to fight the coronavirus. Over the weekend, the markets were closed to facilitate further sanitizing by the City Council. Initially, the City Council […]
Flamboyant Guyanese-American businessman Marcus Bisram has been committed to stand a High Court trial for the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt. Magistrate Renita Singh who was directed by the DPP to reopen the Preliminary Inquiry made the decision this morning to commit Bisram to the High Court trial. Last week, the same Magistrate found that […]
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana jumped to 29 last evening. In a late-night statement, the Ministry of Public Health also reported that 110 persons have now been tested. The total number of deaths remains at four. Over the past week, 21 new cases have been recorded and that figure […]
Over 200 Guyanese nationals who work on various cruise ships that are now anchored in Florida are making a desperate plea to be allowed to come home. Guyana has closed off its international airports as part of the response to the coronavirus. Only specially authorized flights are being allowed. With coronavirus ravaging through parts of […]
The Appeal Court of Guyana this morning essentially dismissed the appeal of a Full Court ruling that the High Court did not have jurisdiction to hear a judicial review case taken before it by private citizen and APNU+AFC Candidate Ulita Moore. While the Court dismissed most of the appeal about jurisdiction, it noted that the […]
The Guyana Civil Defence Commission will begin the distribution of relief hampers to citizens today as part of the government’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus by encouraging persons to stay home. The hampers will consist of food and cleaning essentials and the most vulnerable communities across the country will be targeted first. The Head of […]
Guyana entered a month’s long 6pm to 6am curfew on Friday with other measures aimed at reducing social gatherings as part of the efforts to fight the coronavirus. While many businesses made a decision to close up operations on their own, others have now been forced to follow the curfew order. Under the order, banks, […]
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