Staff Editor

In light of the COVID-19 emergency measures effective April 3, 2020 – May 3, 2020, released by the Minister of Public Health, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) will be closed from Thursday April 9, 2020.

Marcus Brian Bisram was committed to stand trial at the High Court this morning after Magistrate Renita Singh reopened the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against him last Thursday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan retirees Carlos Blanco, 81, and Olga Rodriguez, 78, have for more than a year been unable to purchase the diabetes medication they need, as the country’s hyperinflation has left their monthly pensions insufficient to buy even a loaf of bread.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of yesterday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the government vowed tighter controls at land borders.

Five more cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed by the Ministry of Public Health, bringing the total to 29 cases.

The Guyana Court of Appeal today appears to have cleared the way for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to proceed with a recount of the March 2nd general elections.

One of Tobago’s three COVID-19 patients has died. This is according to a statement from the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development.

MILAN, (Reuters) – It took Silvia Bertuletti 11 days of frantic phone calls to persuade a doctor to visit her 78-year-old father Alessandro, who was gripped by fever and struggling for breath.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Sonaecom, sub-holding of Portugal’s Sonae, said on Saturday evening a Lisbon court seized shares in telecommunications firm NOS of a holding company it co-owned with former first-daughter and Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos.

  (Reuters) – U.S. singer Pink said on Friday she had tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, two weeks ago and has since recovered.

An additional case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been recorded in Guyana.

The Guyana Human Rights Association today said that emergency regulations against the coronavirus were understandable but must be applied humanely and it also raised concerns about the indigenous population and prisoners.

Mattai’s, ‘The Food Market’ in Kingston is facilitating online orders. According to an advertisement in today’s Stabroek News, orders for curbside pickup could be placed by emailing the supermarket at mattaisales@hotmail.com. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top U.S. federal watchdog vowed on Saturday to continue to conduct “aggressive” independent oversight of government agencies, after President Donald Trump fired the inspector general of the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false, Britain said today after masts in several parts of the country were torched.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Coronavirus-related illnesses killed 630 people in the last day in New York state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today, in the bleakest 24 hours yet for the U.S.

 Craig Sylvester, Leader of the Democratic National Congress held up this placard outside of GECOM on Thursday even as APNU+AFC supporters called for the swearing in of President David Granger.

Trinidad’s Republic Bank is donating $31.5m to Guyana’s fight against the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence today announced a one-month lockdown effective from today over the coronavirus during which only essential services will be allowed to operate along with other enterprises subject to restrictions.

Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro today tweeted support for the decision by the Guyana Elections Commission to undertake a recount of the March 2nd General Elections and offered observer support.