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Guyanese international music superstar, Eddy Grant has issued a cease and desist order to US President Donald Trump and his campaign over the unauthorized use of his hit, Electric Avenue in a campaign advertisement. The chart-topping song was released in 1983 and has remained popular since then. On Wednesday, the Trump campaign released a new […]
The US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah Ann Lynch and the British High Commissioner Greg Quin have both tested negative for COVID-19. The two underwent the test on Thursday after news broke that the Foreign Minister, Hugh Todd had tested positive. Both diplomats had one on one meetings with the Foreign Minister the day before his […]
Chairman of the Private Sector Commission and Businessman, Captain Gerry Gouveia has tested positive for COVID-19. In a Facebook post, Gouveia who is the Honorary Consul for Barbados in Guyana explained that in preparation for his travel to Barbados to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Owen Arthur, he had to undergo a COVID-19 […]
The President of Suriname and his delegation that visited Guyana this past weekend and held talks with the Guyana government have all tested negative for COVID-19. President Chan Santokhi and his team underwent COVID-19 tests yesterday after being informed of the positive test result of Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hugh Todd. Minister Todd was part of […]
The US Embassy announced this morning that the US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch and her Deputy will be tested for the coronavirus disease in wake of the revelations that the Foreign Minister of Guyana has tested positive. In a brief statement, the Embassy said the Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Missions will remain self quarantined […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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