By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2020
News
Two men were arrested on Monday after Police ranks busted them with over 100 pounds of marijuana in a wooden vessel. The compressed marijuana was found in twenty-four large parcels that were stashed in the vessel. The Police ranks received information about the movement of the marijuana and moved in as the vessel traversed the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2020
News, Politics
Following the death of a second coronavirus patient at the Georgetown Hospital this morning, the Director of Medical and Professional Services, Dr. Fawcett Jeffrey is urging staff to follow all precautions against the disease. In a memo to all the Heads of Department this morning Dr. Jeffrey revealed that there are currently three patients in […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2020
News, Politics
Within a matter of 24hrs, the number of positive cases of the coronavirus in Guyana jumped from eight to twelve with a 2nd death being recorded. Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Boyle in providing the Ministry of Public’s Health update this afternoon confirmed the death of a second patient from the virus. As News […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2020
News, Politics
The Full Court consisting of Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George and Justice Naresh Harnanan has ruled that the Court has no jurisdiction to hear the case against the vote recount and has therefore dismissed the injunctions that blocked the recount. The decision by the Full Court will now result in Justice Franklin Holder no longer […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana has recorded the second death of a patient with complications from the coronavirus. The man who was 38-years-old, passed away this morning in the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit. He was one of the two persons who was recently moved to the unit after testing positive for the coronavirus. News Source understands that he was […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2020
News, Politics
by Anthony Glasgow As Guyana prepares for a projected increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Representative Dr. William Adu-Krow reaffirmed that there is no treatment for this virus, although there are some tests that are underway. At a press conference today, Dr. Adu-Krow said there is one […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Amid calls by some citizens for a curfew and lockdown of the City of Georgetown to assist in the fight against the coronavirus, City Mayor Ubraj Narine said such a move cannot take place at this time. The Mayor told reporters this afternoon that the City cannot be operated as if it is a light […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2020
Crime, News
Hours after the murder case against businessman Marcus Bisram was dismissed by a Magistrate who upheld a no-case submission, he was rearrested as the Director of Public Prosecutions became involved in the matter. The DPP ordered Bisram’s arrest and also ordered that the Magistrate reopens the preliminary inquiry. The decision by the DPP came after […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2020
News, Politics
The Ministry of Public Health today revealed that of the seven persons in institutionalized isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus, two are in the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit, which is a special ICU that was developed for coronavirus patients. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Boyle did not want to provide details of those […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2020
Crime, News
Flamboyant Guyanese-American businessman Marcus Bisram walked out of the Whim Magistrates’ Court a free man this afternoon after Magistrate Renita Singh upheld a no-case submission put forward by his Attorneys in a murder case. Bisram’s Attorneys had argued that there was no evidence tying him to the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt. The carpenter was […]