Eighteen new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours but at the same time 104 new recoveries were also recorded. The total number of recoveries now stands at 306 while there are still 104 active cases. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud explained today that the recoveries are based on the new…
Police are investigating an alleged murder committed on Ramdat Singh called Shami, age 55 years, a labourer of Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River and formerly of Aberdeen, Essequibo Coast, which occurred on Thursday about 15:00 hours at the said Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River. Information revealed that Singh was attacted by the suspect and stabbed…
A fifteen-year-old boy who stabbed his brother-in-law to death before attacking his two sisters and three children, on Friday afternoon surrendered to police. The suspect on Thursday attacked 55-year-old Ramdat Singh known as ‘Shami’ with a knife at their Bat Creek, St Monica, Upper Pomeroon River home. Singh, a labourer of Aberdeen, Essequibo Coast, was…
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…
— as foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19 PRESIDENT Irfaan Ali has advised members of his Cabinet to work remotely, after Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Guyana, like many countries around the world, has been challenged by both the direct and indirect effects of…
President Irfaan Ali and all of his Cabinet Ministers except one have tested negative for COVID-19. President Ali had his entire Cabinet test for Covid-19 on Wednesday after it was revealed that the Foreign Minister Hugh Todd had tested positive. On Thursday night, the News Room confirmed that Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge…
Three persons were killed in a smash-up this afternoon at Le Resouvenir on the East Coast of Demerara. According to the Police, the accident occurred at around 5:55 this evening and involved a Toyota motorcar and a canter truck. The bodies of two of those who died were pinned in the car while the third…
GUYANA’S Golden Jaguars will know their opponents for the 2022 Qatar World Cup on August 19, when the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), hosts its preliminary draw at the Home of FIFA in Zurich. With 35 member associations from across North, Central America and the Caribbean set to be involved,…
The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that a fourth person has died in Wednesday’s horrific accident between a car and canter truck on the Montrose Public Road, East Coast of Demerara (ECD). A Police report late Wednesday night revealed that four persons died from the car – the driver, 35-year-old Chris Bradshaw of Queenstown, Georgetown;…
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…
