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Commercial banks cut back on opening hours due to COVID-19
Banks in Guyana will from Tuesday March 24, adjust their banking hours to customers as one measure to combat the...
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GTT makes COVID-19 hotlines toll free
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday confirmed that after interactions with officials from the Ministry of Public...
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Updated: Aruba Airlines gets approval to collect stranded Cubans in Guyana / Actualizado: Aruba Airlines obtiene aprobación para recoger cubanos varados en Guyana
Stranded Cubans outside the Cuban embassy in Guyana/Cubanos varados fuera de la embajada cubana en Guyana. Vea a continuación el...
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President issues wide-ranging anti-coronavirus orders to destroy property, curtail movement of people, spend emergency funds
David Granger President David Granger has issued sweeping powers that may include the destruction of personal property, compulsory hospitalisation, and...
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Coronavirus shuts down Guyana-Suriname ferry crossing
The Guyana-Suriname ferry service has suspended operations because that neighbouring country on Friday registered its first case of the novel...
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Caribbean Airlines quarantines crew on flight with Guyanese woman afflicted with coronavirus
In the wake of the death of a Guyanese woman from the coronoavirus (Covid-19) days after she travelled from New...
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United Nations calls on GECOM to verify elections results
The United Nations (UN) on Friday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to verify the Region Four results of...
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ACDA urges international community to back down from “irresponsible and unhelpful” statements
The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) on Friday called on key western nations and international observers to be cautious...
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EU election observation mission slams APNU+AFC, PPP for lack of transparency on campaign financing
Top representatives of the European Union (EU) observation mission. The European Union (EU) election observation mission on Wednesday raised concerns...
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March 2 Election Day a holiday
The Guyana government has ordered that next Monday — March 2, 2020 — the date for general elections will be...
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