By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2020
News, Politics
The total number of active coronavirus cases in the country has climbed to 412 with 21 new cases being recorded in the past 24 hours. Of the 21 new cases, 14 are women. The Ministry of Health has not released the locations of the new cases and the Ministry has also reduced the number of […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is working along with the Guyana Rice Development Board and the Guyana Revenue Authority as it probes the 1.5 tonne drug bust in Germany in a shipment of rice from Guyana. Today, the Deputy Head of CANU, Lesley Ramlall explained that the probe has so far identified the date the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2020
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that Foreign Minister Hugh Todd has tested positive for COVID-19. Todd, who took the oath of office last week, informed the President of his test result and is now in isolation. In a statement, President Ali announced that he has advised all members of his cabinet to undergo COVID-19 […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News, Politics
With Guyana seeing the cases of coronavirus climbing steadily, the Ministry of Education has started to engage various stakeholders on the issue of the reopening of schools. Schools in Guyana have been closed since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Education Minister Priya Manickchand met and held discussions with the Guyana Teachers Union on […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News, Politics
The new PPP Civic government which campaigned on the promise of reopening the sugar estates that were closed under the previous government is not setting any timeline for any such reopening. Minister of Agriculture Zulficar Mustapha during a virtual press conference today said the situation will have to be properly assessed before any timeline could […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News, Politics
In the past 24 hours, Guyana recorded a total of 34 new Coronavirus cases taking the total number of active cases to 391. In its COVID-19 dashboard which was released this afternoon, the Health Ministry revealed that recoveries remain at 189. There are also four persons in the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the Georgetown […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has expressed concern again about the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. Over the weekend alone, 30 new cases were recorded, taking the total number of cases in the country to 568 with 357 of those cases remaining active. The majority of new cases are from Regions […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
The Office of the President has announced that the Ministries of Finance and Natural Resources will both fall under the Office of the President directly. The announcement comes as the Government is still to name a Finance Minister. A Natural Resources Minister was named but there was some concern about his experience in the area […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
The Alliance For Change met over the weekend to decide on the nine persons it will be sending to Parliament as part of the APNU+AFC coalition in opposition. News Source understands that youth members, Juretha Fernandes and Sherod Duncan are likely to be among the AFC’s Nine members. The other nominees for Parliament from the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana and Suriname have started bilateral talks under their new governments, hoping to fast track and push a number of development projects that could benefit the two bordering nations. On Sunday, President Irfaan Ali and Suriname’s President Chan Santokhi held discussions along with their Foreign Affairs Ministers on a number of wide-ranging issues for both […]