COVID-19: Some locals businesses running out of monetary reserves; more layoffs expected
Some private businesses are struggling to keep their heads above the water as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the local business...
MoSP, UG students to assist persons with filling up forms for COVID-19 public assistance
The Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) is collaborating with the University of Guyana students to assist eligible persons to successfully complete the COVID-19...
Police break up protesting Uitvlugt sugar workers calling for protection against COVID-19
The protest actions by workers of the Uitvlugt sugar estate factory continued this morning, May 28, 2020, as the workers remain staunch in their...
G/Town M&CC gets $8M from PAHO for COVID-19 fight
(DPI)- The Mayor of Georgetown, His Worship, Pandit Ubraj Narine disclosed yesterday that the City Council has received approximately $8 Million (US$38,412) from the...
Other CARICOM countries seeing decline in COVID-19 cases, but not Guyana – Chief Medical...
Guyana continues to chalk up more COVID-19 cases while other countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are experiencing a decline, says Chief Medical Officer...
No new COVID-19 cases reported; 67 persons now listed as recovered
No new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported for today, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Shamdeo Persaud said today. Meanwhile,...
Guyanese stranded abroad warned against traveling home without gov’t approval; repatriation to be done...
With over 300 Guyanese stranded overseas slated to return to Guyana under the controlled re-entry policy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned that...
CDC gives hampers to flooded Region 9 village
A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Monday, travelled to Gunns/Masekenari Village in the Konashen District, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to conduct...
The Americas have become the epicenter for COVID-19 pandemic- PAHO
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, Tuesday said the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of...
Alleged COVID-19 patient detained while shopping at New Amsterdam Market for ’bush medicine’
A woman, who is alleged to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID19) and who had earlier escaped from a Demerara quarantine centre, was...