A five-year-old girl is fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after she was stabbed multiple times about her tiny body by her mother’s friend of 23 years. The woman who committed the act ingested a poisonous substance and died Wednesday evening. The friend has been…
The Guyana Civil Aviation is still to make a final decision on a complete reopening of the country’s two international airports, but officials close to the National COVID-19 Task Force have indicated that it is unlikely that the airports will be reopened before the end of August. Guyana’s two international airports have been closed to…
…due to the sheer volume of expected oil production …but IDB says settling the elections crucial to govt’s response to COVID-19 pandemic THE Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said that despite uncertainties related to the coronavirus, the political context, and the fall in oil prices earlier in the year, Guyana’s outlook remains positive due to the…
A 31-year-old miner was on Tuesday sentenced to nine years imprisonment after he confessed to fatally chopping his drinking partner Ryan Simon on December 26, 2015, at Kato Village, North Pakaraimas. Elvis Felix, known as ‘Blondie’ of Kato Village, was charged with the capital offence of murder but opted to plead guilty to the lesser…
The National Hydromet Office has issued a flood advisory as there is expected to be heavy rainfall during the course of the night. The Flood advisory is for Regions 4, 5, 6 and 10. According to the weather forecast for the night, rainfall will intensify and there will be mostly moderate to heavy with a…
– all from Reg. 9, CMO reports GUYANA has seen an alarming increase in the number of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases over the past few days, and it was no different over the past 24 hours, as the country recorded 19 new cases within that time. Those cases were found following 143 tests, which were…
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) on Monday said it lost $37.9M as a result of 50 strike actions during the first crop of 2020. Providing a breakdown, the Corporation in a statement said there were 27 strikes at the Blairmont Estate resulting in a loss of $13.6M, six at Uitvlugt Estate resulting in a…
Guyana recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24hours from a total of 143 completed tests. All 19 of those cases are from Region Nine. On Sunday, 10 cases were recorded with four cases from Region 9 and six cases from Region 7. On Saturday, the authorities recorded nine new cases with all…
By Ravin Singh As Guyana continues to struggle to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the APNU+AFC is currently hosting several political meetings across the country, in defiance of its own public health regulations. A July 21 letter purporting to be from APNU+AFC’s Director of Field Operations, Amna Ally, indicated that the party…
The Private Sector Commission is calling on the Police Commissioner to investigate and file charges against persons who have been using Facebook to issue threats against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. In a statement, the PSC said it has observed the increasing abuse and threats appearing on Facebook pages. The body, which has…
