EU providing US$8.6M to help Caribbean fight COVID-19
The European Union (EU) is providing a grant of €8M (US$8.6M) to help the Caribbean fight the coronavirus outbreak.
The funds will be used to...
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms ‘worsen’
(BBC) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said.
Mr Johnson...
Economic and social assistance needed to effectively confront COVID-19 – FITUG
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) is appealing to the powers that be to formulate and implement a comprehensive social and...
Region Four markets to be reopened this week; wearing face masks mandatory
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown has informed that it is in the process of sanitizing the interior of the Stabroek and...
IDB pledges US$12B to help Guyana, other Caribbean countries’ COVID-19 efforts
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is implementing several measures to help the governments of Guyana, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and many...
Republic Bank sets aside $31.5M for Guyana’s COVID-19 efforts
In its bid to help the fight against the coronavirus, Republic Financial Holdings Limited has set aside US$2M for the territories in which it...
GTT to temporarily cut salaries starting from Executive level
In an effort to weather the financial storm brought on by the coronavirus, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) has announced that it will...
Internet Providers should waive fees, lift data cap as citizens adjust to month-long curfew...
Now that a 6PM to 6AM curfew is in place until May 3 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the use of...
Gov’t eyes former Ocean View Hotel, GBC building to be use as dedicated COVID-19...
The Government of Guyana (GOG), through its National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has plans to modify the building that once housed the Ocean View...
Inability to monitor incoming passengers forces Gov’t to say no to Guyanese asking to...
National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) Chairman, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says the government will now longer ‘flex’ in allowing special flights;...
