22 persons were today placed on station bail at the Springlands Magistrates’ Court for breaching the curfew that was implemented by the Ministry of Public Health, in light of the Novel Coronavirus to curtail the spread of the disease.
Among those 22 persons, 7 are Venezuelan Nationals who reside at the Mahogany hotel, located at #78 Village, Corentyne Berbice.
This newscast understands that they were all Imbibing at the said hotel on Tuesday night last, as they were celebrating one of the Venezuelan girls birth night; a number of Guyanese were also at the party which drew much of the public’s attention, thus causing the police to crash the party and arrest them for Breach of Restriction on social Activities and Breach of Restriction of being at home.
However, they were expected to appear before a Magistrate sitting at the Springlands Magistrates’ Court on Thursday morning but that proceeding was put off; as a result they were granted bail of $10,000 each until their court appearance.
Nikol Rodriguez, Buonetina Henriques Sarai, Teledo Mendoza Maria De Jesus, Brehapat Rashaw Joshua, Mapta Guzman Poola Yanireth, Moita Guzman Yamileth and Zorrill Carolina are the Venezuelan nationals charged along with the hotel owners, Sherwin Peterson and Carlos Angel.
O’Neil Lewis, Richard Jeffrey, Kevin Rambaran, Arjan Jagdeo, Romaine Simmonols, Savita Maniram, Lennox Renaldo, Calvin Douglas, Abdul Haniff, Bentley Small, Tameshwar Basdeo, Vickash Singh and Mario Dave are the 13 other Guyanese that were charged following the violation of the law.
Persons are asked to abide by the law and adhere to the National curfew which was re implemented to help ease the spread of the viral disease, COVID-19. Those who fail to adhere to the restrictions on social gatherings and other social events will have to face the law if caught by the police, further actions by the lawmen may lead to the prosecution of those persons.
After Guyana confirmed its 23rd case of the novel Coronavirus, a curfew which mandates persons to be at home between 6PM to 6AM was implemented to help limit the number of confirmed cases.
However, persons continue to ignore the guidelines set out by the Ministry of Public Health and host various events and parties with large gatherings failing to adhere to the social distancing guidelines, but the Guyana Police Force have been working together with the various authorities in ensuring persons who disobey the law face the penalty.
As of May 07th, the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana remains at 93 with 34 recoveries.