Guyana News

Tyron Inniss, the motorcyclist involved in the recent fatal accident at Dundee, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, that left his cousin dead, has been charged with riding without a licence and a breach of insurance.

Following the Cummings Lodge apartment complex fire, which claimed the life of her brother and his family, one of the victims is still awaiting word from police on their investigation of the cause.

Investigators at the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) have concluded that the fires which gutted three public buildings including the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office in Linden early last week were deliberately set, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said.

Members of the Organisation of the American States (OAS) this afternoon called for the David Granger administration to allow a peaceful transition of power in Guyana even as government representatives maintained that the process is still to be completed and the declaration by the GECOM Chair will be recognised once it is in accordance with the law.

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) holds a virtual special meeting, today “to consider the state of the electoral process in Guyana”, at the request of the Secretary General, Luis Almagro.

Welcoming yesterday’s decision by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire, the Private Sector Commission today called on the GECOM Chair Claudette Singh to move towards the declaration of the result based on the recount of the votes and to the swearing in of the new President.

Citing the recent decisions of the Appeal Court and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire yesterday upheld the validity of the order issued by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the national recount from the March 2 polls and said that only those results can be used to make a final declaration.

Presidential candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Irfaan Ali last evening appealed to the governing coalition to respect the ruling of the High Court yesterday and allow the March 2 elections to be declared using the results of the national recount.

A total of 42 new positive COVID-19 cases were recorded since July 12th, the Ministry of Public Health reported yesterday.  

Urging a new and inclusive response to COVID-19, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said that the continued promotion of the mining industry above national health interests by shielding it from restrictions pertaining to the virus grows more questionable.

As the country’s mid-year economic report is being prepared, preliminary data indicators show that the global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted overall growth and further economic decline is projected, a source close to the process says.

The police have obtained a number of statements as they continue to investigate the cause of the July 12 fire at the Lusignan Prison during which a wooden building was destroyed, Commander of Region 4B Royston Andries-Junor confirmed.

Denzil Prince, the miner who was found slumped over an ATV at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Mazaruni River, Region Seven last week died as a result of a ruptured spleen due to malaria, an autopsy confirmed.

Police in Region Seven are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a twenty-nine-year-old gold miner of Aranuputa village, Region Nine whose body was found submerged in a well.

A Linden man has been charged with threatening to kill the chairwoman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh.

An 18-year-old miner was stabbed to death during an argument at Marudi Backdam, South Rupununi minutes after midnight Sunday and the suspect, a Venezuelan national has since been arrested.

Some elderly homes are in need of food and cleaning supplies as they continue to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The MovieTowne Guyana Mall is due to reopen its doors on August 1st, after being closed for approximately three months following COVID-19 restrictions.

While novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients who are housed at isolation facilities in the Moruca sub-district of Region One believe the conditions they are being kept in is delaying their recovery, the Regional Health Officer (RHO) has challenged their accounts and says the number of recoveries thus far tell a different story.

Yesterday’s ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George in the case challenging the March 2nd elections recount has been welcomed by Opposition-nominated Commissioner of GECOM Sase Gunraj.