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The Government this morning announced that the COVID-19 emergency measures have been extended to the 16th July. As part of the extended measures, all mining operations in Regions One and Seven will have to cease. Over the past week, there has been an upsurge in COVID-19 infections in the gold mining communities. Additionally, access to […]
A 34-year-old man from Bartica became Guyana’s 14th COVID-19 related death this afternoon. He has been identified as Abdool Khan. The father of three passed away in the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital where he was a patient for several days. He was the first confirmed case from the town of Bartica. […]
Guyana has recorded a 13th death from the coronavirus disease. The latest victim is a 42-year-old man who was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital on Monday complaining of severe breathing problems. He passed away the same day and a COVID-19 test was conducted after his death. The results confirmed the disease. Meanwhile, Regions 1, 4 […]
After listening to arguments for more than seven hours in the Guyana Election Declaration case, the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Justice Adrian Saunders announced that the Court will hand down its decision on the case next Wednesday, 8th July. The case was taken before the CCJ by the Presidential Candidate and the […]
The Government’s holding company, NICIL, today announced that it has credited the account of Guysuco with $250 million which represents a partial response to the company’s request for a bailout from the Government. An additional $750 million is to be made available soon. NICIL said its total disbursements to Guysuco over the past two years […]
With the recent spike in coronavirus cases locally, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has delayed the phased reopening of the country’s international airports. The Cheddi Jagan International Airport was set to reopen its runway today for international commercial flights. However, in a statement, the GCAA said it consulted with the Ministry of Public Health and […]
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has declared that he has instructed his State Department to ensure that those persons undermining Guyana’s democracy are held accountable. He did not name the persons he believes are undermining democracy in Guyana and neither did he indicate what form of accountability he may be considering. The statement […]
President David Granger has once indicated that he intends to abide by the declaration that is made by the Guyana Elections Commission on the elections, pointing out that it is the Commission that has to do its work to bring the process to finality. Speaking to reporters this morning at State House, the President responded […]
The People’s Progressive Party through its member Desmond Morian and The New Movement party through its candidate Daniel Josh Kanhai have filed private criminal charges against the Chief Election Officer of Guyana alleging fraud. The two separate charges against CEO Keith Lowenfield were filed yesterday and could come up for hearing as early as Friday. […]
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party, Irfaan Ali has accused the APNU+AFC coalition of making attempts to steal the elections. Appearing on a local television programme last evening, Mr. Ali said he is moving ahead with his plans to transition into Government and the will of the people must be respected as the […]
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