With hundreds of Statements of Poll for District Four still to be verified, Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo mounted the second floor of the Ashmins building on March 5th and shouted out fake numbers to the horror of party agents, plunging the March 2nd elections into months of crisis which still remains to be resolved up to today.
Guyana will begin the gradual reopening of its airspace from July 1st with a controlled number of flights coming into country, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt.
Seeking to meet a demand from customers while keeping workers off the breadline during the pandemic lockdown, some city cafés have resumed operations by introducing curbside pickup and delivery services.
Over two months since ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Artillery Unit were injured in the fireworks explosion at the Coast Guard Wharf, the families of two of the victims are still awaiting the findings from the Board of Inquiry (BOI) set up to investigate the accident.
With no major hiccups, ballots from a total of 51 boxes were recounted yesterday on day five of the national recount from the March 2 General and Regional Elections.
As police await legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the boat crash in the Pomeroon River in which a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard vessel collided with a civilian boat, resulting in the death of farmer Ryan Khayum, his widow has broken her silence and is calling for justice.
A West Ruimveldt, Georgetown mother is now dead after she was accidentally shot by a neighbourhood resident, who was firing wildly at a man he had a row with over a stolen bike early yesterday morning.
A pyrotechnics explosion at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Stephenson, at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, killed three soldiers yesterday and left two others nursing injuries.
As businesses in the hospitality sector reel from the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the major hotels here have said that occupancy is relatively low but some are benefitting from stays by workers from the oil and gas industry.
As police near the end of their investigation into the Pomeroon River crash that claimed the life of a farmer on Tuesday, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) coastguardsman who was captaining the vessel that struck a civilian boat remains in custody.
Some private medical facilities have begun to invest in the necessary infrastructure to offer testing services for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) following government’s green light.
Food security in Indigenous villages has become a growing concern for residents as travel restrictions to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the increased cost of flights have negatively impacted the delivery of basic necessities to the usually remote communities.
As concerns continue to grow over the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), businesses that had scaled back on operations are now being forced to temporarily shut their operations in a bid to cut losses and reduce the spread of the disease.
Fearful of a repeat of disastrous flooding from springtides overtopping the Mahaicony sea defence, residents of Content, Mahaicony, are calling on authorities to divert resources to a portion of the defence that is vulnerable.
More businesses have begun implementing measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Hundreds of self-styled ‘Guardians of Democracy’ gather daily to keep watch on the ballot boxes from the March 2 general and regional elections which are seen as key to finally establishing the winner and end the crisis that has gripped the country three weeks on.
Several Chinese businesses in central Georgetown have temporarily closed their doors due to fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which has compounded a slowdown caused by the post-elections political crisis.
The confirmation of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here has already caused a sharp decline in business, compounding the slowdown that began after the March 2 elections.
Protests at Lusignan and Mon Repos on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) erupted into violence and three persons were injured after being shot by pellets fired by the police as hundreds of persons gathered to demonstrate against what they claimed was the “rigging” of Monday’s elections.
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