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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: UG staff, students sent home until month-end; education ministry wants private lessons closed
The Ministry of Education is calling on providers of private lessons to suspend their operations as Guyana seeks to contain...
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National Grade Six exam postponed due to coronavirus
Following careful consideration about the administration of the National Grade Six Assessment during restrictions to prevent the spread of the...
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Guyana confirms three more Covid-19 cases
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence on Saturday confirmed three positive cases of Covid-19 bringing the total number to date...
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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...
Read moreDetailsGuyana records first “imported case” of Coronavirus; President Granger discourages “public gatherings”
President David Granger Wednesday night announced that a 52-year-old Guyanese woman, who returned from the United States (US) on March...
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Soldier in fireworks explosion dies
Seon Rose One of the nine soldiers injured in the fireworks explosion on the weekend at the Guyana Defence Force...
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Fireworks explosion that injured soldiers “completely unexpected” -Granger
President Granger speaking with soldiers at the Coast Guard headquarters, Ruimveldt where nine soldiers were injured in a fireworks explosion....
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Arrival of Chinese raises coronavirus fears at Bosai’s Linden bauxite operations
The Montgomery Mine in Linden being operated by China's Bosai Minerals Group. Guyanese workers at Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana), a...
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