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…

–establishes partial jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter ANY agreement that usurps the powers of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to supervise elections in Guyana is unconstitutional, the Court of Appeal ruled on Sunday. The ruling had to do with its allowing, in part, an appeal against the Full Court’s decision that the Court had no

On Tuesday March 31, 2020, the National COVID-19 Stakeholders’ Response Forum launched two campaigns- “stay at home/self-isolation” and “everyone wear a mask”. This Forum which was started on March 28th by Presidential candidate Irfaan Ali established 4 sub-committees focusing on information, education and awareness; health and medical issues; resource mobilization and logistics, and, social, economic…

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…

A 33-year old man died on Sunday morning after he fell off his motorcycle at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara. Dead is Dexter Cole, a father of one and a former member of the Guyana Defence Force. According to an eyewitness, the man and other colleagues went for an early morning ride along

A horrific accident on the Land of Canaan Public Road, East Bank Demerara Sunday morning resulted in the death of a 33-year-old biker. Dead is Dexter Cole who was a member of the Assassin Riders Motorcycle Club. The News Room understands that bikers from the club had a major ‘ride’ to a creek on the…

The Guyana Civil Defence Commission will begin the distribution of relief hampers to citizens today as part of the government’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus by encouraging persons to stay home. The hampers will consist of food and cleaning essentials and the most vulnerable communities across the country will be targeted first. The Head of…

…citizens restricted to their homes from 6am-6pm GOVERNMENT on Friday extended its emergency measures to combat the dread coronavirus with the implementation of a 12-hour curfew on citizens. These emergency measures are made pursuant to the paragraphs (1) and (2)(b) of the Direction by the President, given under the Public Health Ordinance, Cap. 145, and

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and The Citizenship Initiative (TCI) have separately launched donation campaigns to assist healthcare workers and other persons who are in need of protective gears and other items as Guyana battles the spread of the new Coronavirus. The National Stakeholders Forum launched by the PPP to tackle COVID-19 on Saturday…

As the number of positive coronavirus cases in Guyana climbed to 23, the Public Health Ministry is pleading with Guyanese to stay at home and to only venture out if it is absolutely necessary. During the daily update for today, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Boyle said many citizens are still not taking the…