Politics

Suriname suspends Guyana/Suriname ferry service over COVID concerns

The Government of Suriname has suspended the Canawaima Ferry Service indefinitely in a bid to curb the COVID-19 cases in Suriname, the Ministry of Public Works has announced. The Ministry, through the Junior Public Works Minister, Deodat Indar, said only repatriation trips will be allowed and health emergency evacuations during the lockdown. “Effective today to […]

GPL workers protest for full settlement of salary increase negotiations

Scores of workers attached to the Guyana Power and Light company (GPL) used their lunch break today to protest outside the company’s Main Street headquarters, calling for their salary increase issue to be resolved. The GPL workers are represented by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial & Industrial Employees, (NAACIE). According to the Union’s General […]

Exxon announces new oil discovery offshore Guyana

The ExxonMobil company has announced another major oil discovery in Guyana. In a statement, the company said the latest discovery was made at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. “Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 […]

Two more Coronavirus deaths recorded late Monday

Two more persons died from coronavirus late on Monday, taking the total number of persons who passed away yesterday to five. According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the two latest victims were a 72-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man from Region Four. The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country continues to soar […]

10 deaths and 520 new COVID cases recorded in 4 days

The month of April has emerged as the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana with 54 deaths recorded in the past 25 days. October 2020 was the previous deadliest month with its 44 recorded deaths. In the past three days, a total of 10 deaths were recorded, pushing the total death toll to […]