— as Gov’t acquires new automated testing machine from China   PROCESSING time for samples taken from persons to test for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will be reduced from about eight hours to two-three hours, as Government received a new automated Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing machine from China. The machine and supporting equipment, valuing…

See below Police Statement in response to APNU/AFC Press Release As the Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues its probe into the March 2, 2020, post-elections incidents, Police investigators made contact with Mr. Nigel Hughes, who previously identified himself as the Attorney for Ms. Volda Lawrence, with a view of inviting her to the GPF Criminal…

Guyana reached the grim milestone of more than 100 Coronavirus deaths today as four persons lost their battle against the disease, taking the total number of deaths to 102. All four of the victims who died were men with the youngest being 28-years-old and the oldest being 57-years-old. The four men are from Regions 2,…

– Boyer says investments must be made to secure regional markets By Navendra Seoraj REVITALISING the sugar industry will be no easy task for local authorities, but the industry, which has been financially challenged for years, has attracted the attention of two companies from India. The Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed that the two companies…

Permanent Secretary Emil McGarrell was Friday afternoon dismissed from the Ministry of Local Government. McGarrell served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Water under the PPP Government prior to 2015. When the Coalition took office in May 2015, he was assigned as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communities, which was…

There are currently sixteen persons in the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Hospital and Health Officials remain worried about the ongoing increase in COVID-19 cases. One health official described the situation in the ICU as “chaotic” as all of the patients appear to be in a critical condition. Guyana recorded 37 new cases…

– to promote export, investments By Navendra Seoraj CREATING an enabling environment for business and investments is high on the agenda of the new Government, and part of the effort to achieve this goal will be to create free and special zones. “We will be working collectively with all ministries and private stakeholders to foster…

An 18-year-old miner died on Tuesday last after a tree fell on him in a mining pit at Big Surarie Backdam in Puruni, Region Seven. Dead is Anthony O’Connel of Shea Village, Rupununi, Region Nine; he was the youngest of eleven siblings. A relative, Vani Rampersad told the News Room that the tree uprooted and…

Former Opposition and PNC Reform Leader Robert Corbin has been hospitalised after testing positive for the coronavirus and exhibiting symptoms. News Source understands that he was in a serious state yesterday but his condition has since improved and he is now listed as stable. He is a patient at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Lilliendaal.…

– Minister insists naming commissioners first is import to getting Director of Sport By Rawle Toney  IN 1993, Samuel Hinds, in his capacity as acting President of Guyana at the time, assented to the National Sports Commission Act which was passed in the sitting of the Sixth Parliament on December 3 that year. The Act…