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Republic Bank to temporarily reduce banking days from next week

As part of its ongoing efforts to safeguard both staff and customers amid the growing coronavirus concerns in Guyana, Republic Bank has announced that it will be reducing its banking days beginning next Tuesday. In a statement this afternoon, Republic Bank announced that with effect from Tuesday the 14th April and continuing until the 30th […]

Suspected COVID-19 case to be medevac from Region 8

A 60-year-old gold miner who is originally from Turkeyen on the East Coast of Demerara is expected to be medevac to the city today from Region 8 after exhibiting symptoms of the coronavirus. According to information from the Police Commander in the area, at around 11:40 last evening, the miner turned up at the Mahdia […]

Municipal markets to close by 2pm daily

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 […]

Marcus Bisram committed to stand High Court trial for murder

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 […]

Guyana records 5 new cases of Coronavirus in 24hrs

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 […]

Guyanese cruise ship workers beg to be allowed to come home

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 […]