Manzoor Nadir was today elected speaker of the National Assembly as the 12th parliament convened at the Arthur Chung Conference. Nadir, a veteran politician and former leader of The United Force joined forces with the PPP some years ago. Speaking with reporters after the first sitting Nadir said he expects parliamentarians to raise the bar […]
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Guyana records another 67 COVID-19 cases
Guyana’s COVID-19 cases have been increased by 67, taking the total confirmed cases to date to 1,373. According to the Ministry’s daily COVID-19 dashboard update Regions 1,4,7 and 8 account for 82.12 percent of the new cases recorded. Region 4 has 19 news cases, Region 1, seventeen cases, Region 7, eleven new cases and Region […]
Belladrum and other residents protest police detention of Returing Officer Clairmont Mingo.
Mingo charged and released on $600,000 dollars bail. Two other GECOM staff were also charged and granted bail.
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News In-depth for Friday 28th August, 2020
Three deaths and 40 new COVID-19 cases recorded
The Ministry of Health today recorded and additional 3 COVID-19 related deaths, this takes the number of deaths to 35. Also, four of the country’s 10 administrative regions accounts for the 40 new COVID-19 cases. The Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region accounts for 22 of the forty new COVID-19 cases, followed by Region 4 with 14 cases and […]
Three charged with the murder of Canadian citizen
Three men were today charged and remanded for the murder of Canadian citizen Nicholas Jaipaul. This comes days after human remains believed to be that of missing Canadian Citizen Nicholas Jaipaul were found in the bushes in Corriverton. The trio appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore via zoom this morning, where the indictable charge was read […]
Murder suspect shot in the foot by police during an exchange of gunshots.
The suspect, Wayne Castello called “Topcat”, was shot in the foot by the police in East Ruimveldt last night. The police say he is wanted for the murder of Navindra Samaroo and a series of robberies. Samaroo, a marketing representative, was shot dead by motorcycle bandits in Middle Road, La Penitence on July 23rd. The […]
Guyana tops the 1100 mark with 47 new cases and 32 deaths.
Guyana’s COVID-19 Cases continue to rise with 47 new positive cases today, bringing the total now to 1140. Deaths have now moved to 32 and according to WHO standards there have been 616 recoveries.