Daily Archive: Saturday, April 11, 2020

The number of persons with infected with the COVID-19 virus has risen from 40 yesterday to 45 today.

Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig has defended the body’s COVID-19 relief work.

The Ministry of Natural Resources today expressed condolences at the news of the passing of Paterson `Pat’ Thompson, the first Chairman of the Guyana Bauxite Company (GUYBAU).

(Reuters) – U.S. deaths due to the coronavirus surpassed 20,000 today, the highest reported number in the world, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the pandemic might be nearing a peak.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank died on Thursday night after he was involved in a motorcycle accident on the Essequibo Coast.

(Reuters) – Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus by allowing users to opt into logging other phones they have been near.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain has not yet reached the COVID-19 peak which would allow for an easing of tight restrictions of movement, health minister Matt Hancock said today.

NEW DELHI/DHAKA, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, the chief minister of Delhi state said today, without disclosing how long the extension would be for.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans in Toronto have welcomed the Court of Appeal for Ontario’s decision last week to uphold the first-degree murder conviction of a Jamaican man in the death of his daughter, whose body was found in a burning suitcase.

(Trinidad Guardian) After waking up yesterday morning to the tragic news of the passing of his uncle Winford Atherley in New York to COVID-19, a local government representative is appealing to Trinidadians to take this disease seriously.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Kenisha Gordon, the councillor for the Spanish Town Division in St Catherine has resigned. 

Guyana’s next lift of a million barrels of oil is expected in May, around the same time the Department of Energy (DoE) projects that the 120,000 barrels of oil per day maximum production will be reached, but revenues received would likely be far less than the US$55M for the first lift given the current market conditions.

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting the field work of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to its Director Vincent Adams, who has said that the staff is using their time to conduct research and do analyses.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is asking that persons avoid kite flying in neighbourhoods and follow COVID-19 safety protocols during their Easter celebrations.

Former presidential adviser on petroleum,  Dr Jan Mangal says that in the current electoral crisis, President David Granger is part of the problem.

With visits to nursing homes now restricted as part of the measures to protect residents from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, caregivers have turned to technology to ensure their elderly residents are not completely isolated.

Following the restart of its operations here in January this year, Australian miner Troy Resources Limited has produced 4,528 ounces of gold in the first quarter.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) yesterday warned that countries in the Americas face potential shortages of blood for transfusions due to a significant decline in voluntary blood donations during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Residents in Little India and Little Africa, Corriverton in Region Six were among those who received COVID-19 relief hampers from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Regional Commander of Region 6, East Berbice-Corentyne, Calvin Brutus is warning against the hosting of any event at the Number 63 Beach over the Easter weekend.