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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Guyana continues to climb. The Public Health Ministry revealed this afternoon that the number has climbed to 33, representing an increase by 2 over the past 24 hours. “The number of confirmed cases is now thirty-three (33) with our deaths increasing to five (5). The total number […]
The Guyana Government has approved a number of tax relief efforts that will be passed on to citizens as the country continues to battle the effects of the coronavirus. The GRA announced this afternoon that the Value Added Tax has been removed from water and electricity for the months of April, May and June. Additionally, […]
As part of its ongoing efforts to safeguard both staff and customers amid the growing coronavirus concerns in Guyana, Republic Bank has announced that it will be reducing its banking days beginning next Tuesday. In a statement this afternoon, Republic Bank announced that with effect from Tuesday the 14th April and continuing until the 30th […]
A 60-year-old gold miner who is originally from Turkeyen on the East Coast of Demerara is expected to be medevac to the city today from Region 8 after exhibiting symptoms of the coronavirus. According to information from the Police Commander in the area, at around 11:40 last evening, the miner turned up at the Mahdia […]
The Private Sector Commission which serves as a local observer group for the 2020 Elections, wants the Guyana Elections Commission to only recount the votes for Region 4 and not the other nine regions in its agreed recount process. On Friday, the Elections Commission decided to recount all of the votes cast in the elections […]
Hours after the Minister of Public Health revealed that there were eight persons in the special COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, one of the persons who was in a critical state succumbed to the respiratory disease. He has been identified by close friends as local drag-racer Deryc Jaisingh aka “Mad Dog”. He was well known at […]
There are now eight persons being housed in the coronavirus intensive care unit and one of those persons is in a critical condition. The development was announced today by Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence. It was also announced that the total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana now stands at 31, […]
With the Court of Appeal clearing the way for the Guyana Elections Commission to move ahead with its recount of votes from the 2nd March elections, the Commission met today and started to look at the modalities that will have to be put in place to facilitate the start of the recount. The Commission has […]
The Georgetown City Council has announced that Municipal Markets will be allowed to operate between the hours of 7 am and 2 pm daily in keeping with measures implemented by the Government to fight the coronavirus. Over the weekend, the markets were closed to facilitate further sanitizing by the City Council. Initially, the City Council […]
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana jumped to 29 last evening. In a late-night statement, the Ministry of Public Health also reported that 110 persons have now been tested. The total number of deaths remains at four. Over the past week, 21 new cases have been recorded and that figure […]
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