Staff Editor

Guyana has confirmed three more cases of persons with the novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19), bringing the total number to 73, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence announced today.

Today, the  Ambassador of the European Union to Guyana Fernando Ponz Cantó, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Demerara, made an urgent donation of personal computers, smartphones, tablets and, sanitation and food hampers to the Deaf Association of Guyana and to the Guyana Society for the Blind.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday wrote to Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh urging a 10-day recount of votes and for the process to start in the four districts where there had originally been requests for recounts.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) today announced that it has debarred Manboadram Sukhai trading as M.

 (Reuters) – Swiss food giant Nestle reported its best quarterly sales growth in nearly five years on Friday as consumers stockpiled everything from Purina pet food to Nescafe coffee to frozen meals to prepare for coronavirus lockdowns.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the head of the federal police, the government said on Friday, in a political row as the coronavirus outbreak spreads deeper in the country.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant today after U.S.

The Ministry of Public Health today said that the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus rose to 70 from 67 yesterday.

The US Embassy today said that US$475,000 ($100m) is being released by the US to Guyana’s COVID-19 fight.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Zahir Ali , aged 40 years,  a fisherman  of Lot 78 Mosquito Hall, Unity,  Mahaica, East Coast Dememara which occurred on 2020-04-22 about 7.20 pm  allegedly by two males, one of whom has since been detained while the other is being sought.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A record 26 million Americans sought unemployment benefits over the last five weeks, confirming that all the jobs created during the longest employment boom in U.S.

FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator warned again today against using two older malaria drugs to treat COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, outside trials or national emergency use programmes, citing potentially lethal side-effects.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) today said that the measures imposed by the COVID-19 task force on the industry are excessive and it also disclosed that it was considering providing relief flights to Region Eight.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Jason Dundas, 30, an inmate of the Lusignan Prison Holding Bay which occurred yesterday. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British lawmakers upended 700 years of history today, grilling stand-in leader Dominic Raab by video link in an unprecedented but largely successful ‘hybrid parliament’ session forced by the coronavirus outbreak.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany gave the green light for human trials of potential coronavirus vaccines developed by German biotech company BioNTech, which is racing teams in Germany, the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 33 T&T nationals who had been stranded in Barbados since March 23, yesterday arrived back in the country.

Bauxite barging company Oldendorff will be shutting its operations here after 15 years as a result of the stalemate between the RUSAL-owned company BCGI and striking workers.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory.

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed the life of a Guyanese political activist in the United States.