Health
Gov’t denies request to evacuate Guyanese doctors, students in Cuba; will send hampers insteadOver 61 Guyanese doctors and medical students who are studying in Cuba have requested special permission to return home as…
Fmr. manager at Chronicle dies from COVID-19 in US; five friends in ICUA former Advertising Manager at the Guyana Chronicle has succumbed to COVID-19 related complications in the United States while five…
Barbados to ramp up testing for COVID-19Nation News - Barbados will ramp up testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the coming days after receiving an additional…
Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says[BBC] - President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the…
CARICOM recount team to undergo COVID-19 test in home countriesThe National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Monday approved proposals -for CARICOM officials who will be given permission for special…
66 COVID-19 cases, 5 in ICUAs of April 20, Guyana confirmed one new case of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 66, including…
Some teachers say teaching online ‘challenging, almost impossible’One month after schools across Guyana were closed in an effort to curb the spread of the deadly new coronavirus,…
Guyanese political activist dies from COVID-19 in USA 44-year-old political activist is the latest known Guyanese to have lost his life to the new Coronavirus Disease in…
Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed, 49 in isolationAs of April 19, Guyana confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 65, including…
COVID-19 death: Linden mourns ‘Jacket’Residents of Wismar Housing Scheme Linden Region 10 are mourning the death of one of their own - 49-year-old Sydney…
Update: Latest COVID-19 death is Linden residentGuyana’s seventh COVID-19 victim has been identified as a visually impaired Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden, Region 10 resident who was…
BREAKING: Another person dies from COVID-19Another person who tested positive for the new Coronavirus died at the Georgetown Public Hospital sometime Saturday evening, reliable sources…
Five in ICU as Guyana’s COVID-19 cases remain at 63Five persons are now in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as Guyana’s confirmed cases remain at 63 as of…
Elections impasse, COVID-19 a double blow, but show compassion to all – ERCDespite the elections impasse, the Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC) has issued a plea to all to “remain peaceful and demonstrate…
COVID-19: Indigenous Leaders call for more to be done to protect residentsThe Amerindian People’s Association (APA) has raised concerns that with the restrictions placed on non-essential services, the Environmental Protection Agency…
Airlines double cost for transporting goods, passengers to hinterland communitiesBy Bibi Khatoon As a result of the COVID-19 measures implemented to curb the spread of the disease, local airlines…
COVID-19 measures lead to shortage of fuel, lack of adequate policing in Reg. 6 communitiesBy Bibi Khatoon Residents of Orealla and Siparuta located up the Corentyne River in Region Six are grappling with a…


