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New Amsterdam implements curfew to safeguard against COVID-19
By Isanella Patoir
The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council is enforcing the concept of social distancing by implementing temporary curfews on businesses within the municipality, aimed at reducing the risk of the novel coronavirus…
Coronavirus: Tax relief for all medical supplies, treatment
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Government of Guyana has approved several relief measures to reduce costs to Guyanese for medical supplies and treatment and to businesses and individuals which may be…
Stabroek Market to be closed Thursday for sanitization
The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has announced that the Stabroek Market will be closed to the public on Thursday, March 26 to facilitate the spraying/ sanitization of the market and its immediate environs by the City Public Health…
Local Tech. company launches web app to help fight COVID-19
Local technology company v75 Inc. on Tuesday launched a Web Application that is solely aimed at assisting in the fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The app gives persons an opportunity to interface with it with through a…
Coronavirus: Republic Bank reduces interest rates, defers loan payments
See full statement from Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited.
In response to the anticipated impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Republic Bank recognizes that we have a collective responsibility to ensure the sustainability of the…
Coronavirus: Banking hours reduced
As a precautionary measure to protect staff and customers from the spread of COVID-19, the Bank of Guyana has approved amendments to business hours.
Effective Monday, March 23 to Friday, April 3, 2020, banking hours will be 8:00am to…
Coronavirus: DDL donates 12,000 litres of alcohol-based sanitizers
In an effort to support the national response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is donating approximately 12,000 litres of alcohol-based sanitizing cleaner.
DDL is distributing the sanitizing cleaner to…
Guyana receives US$55M for first million barrels of oil
Guyana has received $11.4 Billion (US $55M) for the first lift of the country’s one million barrels of oil, which was sold to Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited in February.
Finance Minister Winston Jordon disclosed that the money…
China’s CNOOC to load first cargo of Guyanese oil in coming days
(Reuters) - China’s state-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd is scheduled to load in the coming days its first cargo of crude from Guyana’s offshore Liza oil project, the South American country’s Director of Energy Mark Bynoe said.
CNOOC…
Coronavirus: GWI to help laid-off workers who cannot pay water bills
With airports, schools and recreational facilities closed and almost all public gatherings discontinued in order to stop the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), some businesses have taken a decision to lay off staff.
As…
