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Ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday at about 8.30 pm  recaptured one of the recent Lusignan Prison escapees in the cane fields aback of  Beterverwagting Sideline Dam, ECD.,

The bodies of the four men who were flung overboard on Tuesday evening after a ganja-carrying boat collided with theirs in the Upper Berbice River were recovered yesterday. 

Forty-one persons were tested yesterday for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – the highest daily figure – even as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representative to Guyana called again for the ramping up of testing in the country.

An extra hour has been cleared for the daily recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections but the CARICOM Secretariat is still to advise the Guyana Elections Commission on when its team is to arrive.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying a masked man in the pictures below who is suspected of stealing batteries from traffic lights.

The British Airways charter flight that on Tuesday brought in offshore oil and gas workers was delayed here for several hours because of the failure to pay the necessary Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax and was only allowed to leave after ExxonMobil gave an undertaking to pay the outstanding monies.

Guyana has moved up in the press freedom rankings for the third straight year, moving to 49th out of the 180 countries listed on 2020 World Press Freedom Index even as the Reporters without Borders (RSF) assessment has deemed the upcoming decade a “decisive” one for journalism. 

ExxonMobil and its partners here have pledged more than $60 million to local organisations to support COVID-19 programmes that are in need of funding.

A miner died on Tuesday morning after the mining pit where he was working caved in.

Amidst the uncertainty caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the attendant measures to combat it, a number of catered events such as weddings and birthday parties have been cancelled or postponed.

As the use of the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as treatment for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), local health authorities are in talks on using different methods in treating patients with the virus including the use of plasma.

A man who breached the curfew which is in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was yesterday sentenced to one hour of standing and displaying a curfew notice.

GTT says its customers can now apply for new SIM cards or replacements via the company’s online platform and have it delivered to their home or office through Hero Cart or Onecart delivery.

MANAUS, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves.

(Reuters) – The top U.S. infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of care for COVID-19 after early clinical trial results on Wednesday showed it helped patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus.

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is in urgent need of all blood types.

The Salvation Army Men’s Rehabilitation Centre is restricting visitors to adhere to the COVID-19 precautionary measures.

SINGAPORE/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s Zijin Mining has warned Papua New Guinea that its failure to renew the lease of a gold mine it jointly owns with Barrick Gold Corp there could damage bilateral relations.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said yesterday, in an effort protect the world’s largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department, the Treasury Department and the U.S.