Guyana News

The Opposition APNU+AFC yesterday filed its much-talked-about elections petition challenging the results of the March 2nd General and Regional elections which saw the PPP/C winning the seat of government.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday promised the private sector that his government will be responsive to their concerns and inclusive of their ideas.

By Readawne Henery Clairmont Mingo, GECOM’s District Four Returning Officer and two other elections workers  were yesterday granted bail at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on indictable charges of fraud surrounding the controversial March 2nd general elections.

As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise sharply in Guyana, the emergency health measures which were put in place to slow the spread of the virus have been extended to September 30th even as the nationwide 6pm to  6am curfew will resume from today.

Hours of protests, blockades and disruption along sections of the West Coast Berbice (WCB) and Mahaicony roads concluded yesterday after District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo returned home after facing several charges in Georgetown stemming from the March 2nd general elections.

A Chief Prison Officer is now dead while three others, including two of his colleagues were injured after a motorcar and another vehicle collided along Homestretch Avenue yesterday morning.

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ishmael, two principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI) were yesterday read 10 additional charges of conspiracy to commit a felony.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that his government will soon be providing relief to those citizens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guyana yesterday recorded two additional COVID-19-related fatalities along with 72 new cases of the virus.

More than 3, 000  bedridden pensioners will now have their pensions delivered to their homes, according to Minister of Human Services & Social Protection, Dr.

Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs has requested that the members of the National Assembly who held dual citizenship while sitting in the 11th Parliament prove that their only allegiance lies with Guyana.

Former President David Granger yesterday accused the current government of persecuting public servants and described as inhumane the decision by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to keep embattled Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo in custody for 144 hours.

Elderly people it seems are more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus as well as it being potentially more fatal for them owing to old age and its attendant underlying health issues.

A total of 1,131 persons participated in the Ministry of Education’s first consultation with Grades 5 and 6 teachers on Friday, with an informative virtual discussion about the way forward for delivering quality education to all parts of Guyana.

A number of access dams across several regions are to benefit from more than $29 million in emergency rehabilitation works which are due to commence soon.

Guyana is currently in the process of commencing training for medical professionals under the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Trial which would help determine the best treatments for COVID-19 patients.

Saying that representative politics in Guyana must be complemented by participatory democracy, some local civil society groups are calling for a greater role by non-political actors in the management of Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund as a starting point.

Amid the sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 deaths and cases, the government today announced the reimposition of a 6 pm to 6 am curfew from tomorrow.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 08:00hrs today on Homestretch Avenue in the vicinity of the CANU Headquarters, involving motor car PYY 7942 driven by a 27-year-old Prison Officer, and motor X-Trail PWW 4425 driven by a 22-year-old male of Eccles, East Bank Demerara resulting in the death of Prince Cox, 38, a Chief Prison Officer of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.

Traffic is presently at a standstill in Region Five as protesters have remained on the main access road starting fires and blocking the road with tree branches and pieces of wood in their call for District Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, to be released from police custody.