By News Source Guyana on August 13, 2020
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on August 13, 2020
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on August 13, 2020
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]