Guyana recorded 23 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 more death in the past 24 hours. A 79-year-old man from Beterverwagting died in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital becoming the 22nd COVID-19 related death. The 23 new cases are from three interior regions.  Region Nine has recorded 11 more cases taking its…

–President meets key stakeholders in management of country’s business CONTINUING along the path towards a smooth transition, President Irfaan Ali and the Transition Team met with members of the diplomatic corps; members of the private sector; Permanent Secretaries of all Government Ministries and key stakeholders in the national COVID-19 fight on Monday. The meetings were…

(CARICOM Secretariat) – CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated Dr Irfaan Ali on his assumption to office as Guyana’s ninth Executive President, and said he looks forward to welcoming the new President as a member of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government at its next Meeting. Dr Ali took the oath of office…

The Venezuelan Government of President Nicholas Maduro has extended congratulations to new Guyana President Irfaan Ali and is requesting that Guyana and Venezuela return to talks that pre-dated the last Guyana Government. Guyana currently has Venezuela before the International Court for re-enforcement of the 1899 Arbitral Award which settled the border controversy between the two…

…President Ali tells MoTP staff during meeting …promises to foster team work, discourages disunity CONTINUING the management of Guyana, President Irfaan Ali met with his staff at the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), on Monday, where he assured them that his government’s intention is work in a unified manner and its expectation from staff is…

Police are investigating the execution of an East Ruimveldt, Georgetown man Monday evening. Reports are that he was shot multiple times by person(s) in a passing motor car. The incident occurred at the corners of Durban and Chapel Streets, Georgetown. The man was identified as 25-year-0ld Rondel Haynes called “Trini” of 428 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.…

The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into threats that were made against former Government Minister Simona Broomes outside her private residence early this morning. Broomes told News Source that she was in her yard around 6am when she heard a loud knocking outside the yard.  She explained that when she investigated, she saw…

…appoints Philips as PM, Jagdeo as Vice President, Nandlall as AG and Teixeira as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance DR IRFAAN ALI became the 9th President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on Sunday, ushering in a new era with a promise of bold action to lift the country out of its present economic…

Michael Kozak, acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Western Affairs of the U.S. State Department has congratulated newly appointed President Dr Irfaan Ali. “Democracy rules in Guyana!” Kozak said in a statement on Twitter. He added: “Today, Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president, reflecting the will of the Guyanese people. “We congratulate…

Guyana’s COVID-19 cases skyrocketed on Sunday as the Ministry of Public Health announced that the country has recorded 44 new cases in the past 24 hours. There are now 268 active cases with three of those persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Hospital. The total recovery number remains at 185. News…