Authorities in neighbouring Brazil arrested four persons last Wednesday afternoon after they allegedly attempted to smuggle a quantity of infrared thermometers into the country through an illegal crossing from Guyana.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday celebrated its 15th Anniversary and its President, Justice Adrian Saunders, said that as a court of last resort for contracting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states, it court represents a new and different approach to regionalism.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Demonstrations to demand an end to stay-at-home measures that have pummelled the U.S.
The Bishops’ High School Law Society (BHSLS) has commenced weekly live sessions aimed at engaging youth in a positive light amidst the anxieties brought on by COVID-19.
A 24-year-old excavator operator is currently hospitalised at a city hospital after he was allegedly shot and injured by his employer on Friday morning following a misunderstanding.
Armed bandits attacked two farmers and their wives in neighbouring villages on the Corentyne during the wee hours of Friday morning.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesia’s death toll from the new coronavirus has likely reached 1,000, nearly double the official figure of 535, Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) chairman Daeng Faqih was quoted saying yesterday.
An accident on the Essequibo Coast on Friday afternoon has left a motorcyclist hospitalised in a serious condition.
(Reuters) – Reverend Manuel Dorantes closed his eyes, took a breath to calm his fear and prayed when word came that Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich had put out a call for volunteers.
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. on Friday announced that it has taken the decision to suspend mail delivery for the month due to the difficult logistics of meeting the dates identified by the national post office.
(Trinidad Guardian) Public health officials should expand COVID-19 testing to target asymptomatic patients to gather adequate data to determine if the country has any community spread of the coronavirus, two members of a regional COVID-19 task force have said.
Following the testing of 22 more persons suspected of having the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Guyana has recorded no new positive cases.
LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the spotlight as it champions the global fight against the new coronavirus but faces a funding freeze from U.S.
The second Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE), which was to be held next month, has been postponed until further notice.
(Trinidad Guardian) A food crisis is coming in T&T unless the government begins food security planning, says agriculture economist Omardath Maharaj.
(Reuters) – Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Fallon, John Legend and Eli Manning are among more than two dozen personalities who will offer words of wisdom via podcast to high school and college graduates sheltering at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers said on Tuesday.
Two persons, including the driver of a minibus, were taken into custody yesterday morning after the police found a quantity of cocaine and cannabis in the vehicle during a stop and search exercise at Mabura, Upper Demerara River.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that China should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic.
Guyana has recorded its seventh novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) death. A release from the Department of Public Information quotes Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence as having confirmed that the death of the unidentified individual.
(Trinidad Guardian) The United States says it is not militarising the Caribbean but will remain transparent in all of its operations as it mounts a united effort to dismantle the transnational narcotics trade.
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