An accident which occurred on the number 71 Public Road at about 12:30 Tuesday afternoon has claimed the life of a 64 year old woman and has left her 58 year old husband hospitalized. Lalita Rambaran, the elderly woman who succumbed to her injuries at the scene was the pillion rider on the motorcycle with […]
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New COVID-19 case takes total to 67
The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that the total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guyana stands at 67 as of April 21, 2020. Of these 67 cases there have been seven deaths and nine recoveries To date, a total of 348 persons have been tested with 281 of those […]
MLC opens new school term with state of the art technology
Bandits rob Corentyne family
By Farah Bates – Police are investigating a robbery under arms committed on 36-year-old Meena Kumarie of Lot 7, 13th street Whim Village Corentyne Berbice at about 01:30hrs Monday morning. Three masked men armed with cutlasses escaped with some of the victim’s gold jewelry valued approximately $45,000 and a cellular phone valued $40,000. Meena who […]
GECOM chair receives death threats following her decision to not have more than 10 work stations
Ex Policemen busted at the Berbice River Bridge with Marijuana
An Ex-police woman is on the run, while her husband who is also an ex-policeman is in custody after they were busted at a Police Checkpoint at the Berbice River Bridge. Over 19 pounds of suspected cannabis was busted by Police ranks on duty at the Police Checkpoint at the Berbice River Bridge on Sunday. That […]
Four Prisoners escape Lusignan prison
Four prisoners who were being held at the Lusignan Prison escaped last night while they were in the holding bay. This was disclosed by Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels. The escapees are murder accused Kenraul Perez of Mabaruma, North West District and Ganesh Dhanraj of Façade, Parika, West Coast West Coast Demerara. The other two […]
Guyana records 7th COVID-19 death
The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-190 has died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s ICU This brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 to seven. In their update on Saturday, April 18, the Ministry had indicated that there were five persons […]
PAHO advises government not to relax COVID-19 measures
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has advised the government to maintain stringent emergency measures to contain local transmission of COVID-19. During a virtual meeting on Friday, PAHO/WHO Country Representative Dr. William Adu-Krow noted that the measures implemented were necessary to respond to the emerging situation. “The measures that have been put in […]
Guyana’s COVID-19 number rise by 6; confirmed case now 63
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guyana has risen by ten as of April 17, 2020, taking the total to 63. This was disclosed by Public Health Minister Hon. Volda Lawrence in the daily update to the nation. Of these 63 cases Guyana has recorded six deaths and nine recoveries. […]