Politics

222 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 3 days

Guyana has recorded 76 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 592. The country has also crossed the 9000 mark of the number of positive cases diagnosed since the first case was found one year ago. Based on the figures released by the Ministry of […]

Five Police Officers on administrative leave as probe continues into “missing” $300 Million

Five Police Officers have been sent on administrative leave as the Special Organised Crime Unit continues to probe the alleged disappearance of $300 Million from the Finance Department of the Police Force. The five Officers who have been sent on leave include Senior Officers.  Sources with knowledge of the probe have indicated that the issue […]

President, First Lady and Vice President receive COVID vaccines

President Irfaan Ali, First Lady Arya Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo all received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday at State House. The Office of the President released information about the vaccinations today. In a statement, the President encouraged citizens to take the vaccine, while reminding that it’s not mandatory for […]

Harmon meets with detained former Lands Commissioner; Calls out Govt. for “political harassment”

Opposition Leader, Joe Harmon on Thursday visited former Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Trevor Benn who remains in Police custody facing allegations of land fraud. Benn who served under the former Coalition government as the Head of the Lands and Surveys Commission is being questioned in relation to the sale of six […]

81 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Guyana

Guyana recorded 81 new cases of coronavirus and 1 additional death in the past 24hrs. The total number of deaths from the virus has climbed to 205 with 8 of those deaths being recorded in the past 9 days. Of the 81 new cases of COVID-19 in Guyana, 43 are from the Region 4 area […]