May 22, 2020

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday completed the recount of 87 ballot boxes bringing the total to 964. On Friday, Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward said 19 boxes were counted for Region Three, 19 for Region Four, 14…

An eight-year-old boy witnessed his step-father being stabbed to death Friday at about 17:30hrs at their home in Mabaruma, North West District, a resident told the News Room. Colin Campbell was stabbed once to the heart with a knife by…

A woman reportedly stabbed her husband to death in Mabaruma Friday afternoon. The dead man was identified as Collin Campbell. He and his wife operated a bar in Marbaruma called “The Golden Hole”. The News Room understands that the…

The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean - Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint…

President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union, Mark Lyte believes that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), CSEC and CAPE exams can be pushed back to later dates due to the novel coronavirus. Mr Lyte, in an interview with the News Room,…

The Ministry of Public Health has announced that the COVID-19 testing mobile unit will be coming to the communities of Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and Cornelia Ida, on the West Coast of Demerara. The mobile unit which has been…

The Ministry of Public Health on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases in Guyana remains at 127 with 10 deaths. The Ministry said 37 additional persons were tested bringing the total to tests conducted thus far to 1,366 with the total…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, under its Humanitarian Project, donated $20M in food and supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to assist the vulnerable during the COVID-19 health crisis. The Ministry of Social…

More than 60 Guyanese in the United States have lost their lives to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was evident from tributes posted on the Facebook page of the Guyanese Consulate in New York. The Consulate General of Guyana…

See full statement below: The Guyana Post Office Corporation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, continues to implement systems that seek to protect our senior citizens and contain the spread of COVID-19 by…