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Of the active cases of the coronavirus disease in Guyana, at least fifteen are from the Region Seven mining community of Aranka. Aranka is close to the border with Venezuela and there has been growing concern in many of the bordering communities with Brazil and Venezuela about the possibility of imported cases because of persons […]
Guyana recorded no new case of the coronavirus from 40 tests completed in the past 24 hours. There are however 71 active cases with 70 recoveries and the number of deaths remains at 12. According to the Director of Primary Health Care, Dr. Ertensia Hamilton, Coronavirus cases have been recorded in seven of Guyana’s ten […]
The recount of votes has been completed for seven of the ten regions with just Regions 4, 6, and 10 having their votes still being counted. During an afternoon briefing outside the Arthur Chung Convention Centre today, Public Relations Officer for GECOM, Yolanda Ward also revealed that five of the twelve workstations being used for […]
Guyana’s Commissioner of Police and Chief Immigration Officer, Leslie James has responded to a letter from the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission and has indicated that based on a list of persons sent to him by her, 172 of the 207 persons on the list were out of Guyana on elections day, based on […]
Police investigators in Berbice have arrested a West Coast Berbice man for the murder of his own brother. 44-year-old Shieldstown village resident, Khemlall Bisnauth is accused of stabbing his 45-year-old brother, Saranandand Bisnauth to death over an argument over a plot of land. Moments before the incident, the two men were seen enjoying alcoholic drinks […]
Guyana recorded three new cases of the coronavirus over this past weekend. The total number of active cases now stands at 71. A total of 70 persons have now made full recoveries from the coronavirus while the total number of deaths still stands at 12. The latest death from the disease is a 78-year-old […]
In the past 24 hrs, a total of 27 COVID-19 tests were completed. There are no new cases, but Health Officials are now sounding the alarm to the nation’s youth population over the disease. According to the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, while there is the belief that the coronavirus mostly affects the elderly, […]
The Guyana Elections Commission is seeking the assistance of the Chief Immigration Officer to ascertain the validity of claims that ballots were cast for persons who may have been out of the country on elections day. During the ongoing recount of votes, the APNU+AFC Coalition has made several claims of votes being cast for persons […]
The International Court of Justice has announced that public hearings on the question of the Court’s jurisdiction to hear the Guyana vs Venezuela case will begin on the 30th June in the The Hague. The Court said in view of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the hearings will take place in the Great Hall of Justice […]
A group of factory workers from the Uitvlugt sugar estate picketed the sugar company again this morning over concerns about physical distancing at their worksite. But their protest action was short-lived as the Police turned up and brought the picketing exercise to an end. The Police told the workers that they would not be able […]
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