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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo this evening welcomed the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice, invalidating the Court of Appeal’s decision and the final election report of the Chief Election Officer. In a statement, Mr. Jagdeo described the CCJ’s ruling as strong and clear and said citizens should listen to […]
In an impromptu meeting outside State House with a group of supporters who gathered demanding that he be sworn in as President, the incumbent President David Granger admitted that the ruling handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice this afternoon is not what he wanted to hear. “The CCJ has not allowed the position […]
One man was killed and several of his co-workers were badly injured this midday when a section of the building that they were dismantling collapsed at Industrial Site. They were all attached to a contracting company that was dismantling the building for Banks DIH Limited. The Fire Service and other Emergency services rushed across to […]
Guyana has recorded 7 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours and all of those new cases are from the Region One sub-district of Mabaruma. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer revealed today that there are now 143 active cases of coronavirus in Guyana with 11 of those cases in the COVID-19 […]
Close to two dozen persons from the Moruca village in Region One staged a picketing exercise this morning to make known their disapproval of a decision by the Government to lock down the Region One communities as cases of the Coronavirus skyrocket there. Some of the protesting residents doubted the existence of Coronavirus in their […]
Three Guyanese nationals including the driver of a bus, have been arrested after they attempted to smuggle nine Brazilian nationals over to Guyana using an illegal crossing in the Region Nine area that borders Brazil. The Police Force said the arrest was made after investigators in the area were alerted to the plan. At an […]
Moments after the Ministry of Public Health through the Department of Public Information announced a 16th COVID-19 death this evening, the dead woman’s relatives expressed shock and said they are confused with the coronavirus being linked to the 76-year-old woman’s death. The woman’s son, Lester Portsmouth told News Source that a few days ago his […]
The Citizenship Initiative political party has announced that it has asked its co-founder Ruel Johnson to step back from active duties with the party following allegations of verbal, physical and sexual abuse made against him. Johnson who currently serves as an Editor for the Kaieteur News and is a former Government Cultural Advisor has been […]
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday revealed that another five persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Guyana while one more person has made a full recovery. Guyana currently has 142 active cases of the virus with 10 of those persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Hospital. That is the […]
With Regions One and Seven becoming the home for more than 70% of the active COVID-19 cases in Guyana, the Public Health Ministry is locking down several communities in the two interior regions to begin widespread testing and screening. The Ministry has announced that medical teams will be in Aranka and surrounding mining areas in […]
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