By News Source Guyana on May 25, 2020
News, Politics
At least six of the recent cases that tested positive for the coronavirus are residents of the Palms Geriatric Home and the situation is worrying for the administrators. Director of Social Services in the Ministry of Social Protection Whenworth Tanner told News Source today that the Palms has been working closely with the Public Health […]
By News Source Guyana on May 25, 2020
News, Politics
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) which is one of the local observer groups at the national recount of votes is calling for additional workstations to be allocated for the Region Four recount. In a statement today, the GCCI said its main concern is the speed at which the District 4 count is […]
By News Source Guyana on May 25, 2020
News, Politics
The World Bank has approved US$1 million to assist Guyana in its fight against the coronavirus. The money is expected to go directly to initiatives in the health sector to aid in the fight against the coronavirus. The money falls under the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), and is to be used strictly to finance […]
By News Source Guyana on May 22, 2020
News, Politics
With seven of the recorded coronavirus cases in Guyana coming from the Region Seven area, the Public Health Ministry is concerned about the possible spread of the disease in the mining community. No new cases of the coronavirus were recorded over the past 24 hours but in today’s health report, Dr. Ertensia Hamilton of the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2020
News, Politics
The Coordinator of the Men’s Health Unit at the Ministry of Public Health has joined in the calls for men to practice safer health practices and guard themselves against the coronavirus. 71 of the 127 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana are men and eight of the 10 deaths from the virus are also […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2020
News, Politics
While Guyana has recorded 10 new recoveries from the coronavirus in the past 24hrs, taking the total number of recoveries to 57, the country has also recorded two new cases. The two new cases are from Region One and Region Seven and Health officials are worried about that development. Region One now has two confirmed […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Atlanta based, Carter Center today expressed its deep “disappointment” over the Guyana Government’s decision not to approve its recent requests to allow two observers to return to Guyana to observe the ongoing vote recount. In a statement, the Carter Center said the Elections Commission has consistently confirmed that the accreditation for The Carter Center […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
A perturbed Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice Claudette Singh, this afternoon made it clear that she has never authorized Commissioner Sase Gunraj to speak on her behalf. The statement by the Chair came in response to a report in today’s Kaieteur News which quoted Mr. Gunraj as saying that the Chairperson of the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2020
News, Politics
The Private Sector Commission is once again urging President David Granger to allow the return of the Carter Center to join in the observing of the ongoing national vote recount. In a statement, the PSC said the President should accept the presence of the Carter Center along with all of the other International Observer Missions […]
By News Source Guyana on May 20, 2020
News, Politics
Eight uniformed guards from the Presidential Guard Unit were recently tested positive for the Coronavirus and have been in quarantine, according to the Guyana Police Force. These are not new cases and are included in the total number of cases in Guyana. In a brief statement, the Police Force explained that random tests were done […]