April 18, 2020

Guyana’s seventh COVID-19 victim has been identified as a visually impaired Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden, Region 10 resident who was transferred from the Mackenzie Hospital to the Georgetown Public Hospital last week. Minister of Public…

Another person who tested positive for the new Coronavirus died at the Georgetown Public Hospital sometime Saturday evening, reliable sources confirmed to the News Room. This now brings the total number of deaths in Guyana to seven.…

Four armed bandits on Saturday morning pounced on an elderly couple of Lot 7 Public Road Nurney Village, Corentye Berbice who were making preparations to go to the Port Mourant Market. Seventy-two-year Narinedatt Chandan, a cash crop…

Five persons are now in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as Guyana’s confirmed cases remain at 63 as of April 18, 2020, the latest update from the Ministry of Public Health revealed. The total number of cases includes the six…

A 61-year-old woman is nursing severe pains and other injuries to her body after she was brutally beaten, choked and stomped on by bandits who invaded her lot 56 Alness Village, Corentyne Berbice home in the wee hours of Saturday.…

Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field on Saturday criticized domestic airlines for increasing their costs for transporting cargo and passengers to hinterland regions. “Those operators…

Attorney General Basil Williams on Saturday said Guyana will not drop into a constitutional abyss if a new Parliament is not convened by April 30, saying that the four-month deadline for the convening of Parliament after the last one is…

Despite the elections impasse, the Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC) has issued a plea to all to “remain peaceful and demonstrate love and compassion toward each other in the current COVID-19 crisis.” The Commission pointed out that the…

The second Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE) scheduled for May 2020 has been postponed until further notice, the organisers have announced. GuyTIE Coordinator, Ms. Tameca Sukhdeo-Singh, stated the decision was made “in an…

 The recently established Tourism Guyana company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) to align efforts in promoting of Guyana as a leading sustainable destination that offers world-class…