Guyana News

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will on Monday rule on the lawsuit seeking to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the winner of the March 2nd polls using the votes from the national recount.

With the wearing of face masks mandatory in public spaces across the country from today, the Guyana Police Force will be responsible for ensuring the citizenry’s adherence to the new COVID-19 measure, according to Director of Operations of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Secretariat Mark Archer.

More than a year after taxi driver Lallbachan Bachan was discovered dead in the Suddie Police Station, a policewoman was yesterday charged with unlawfully killing him.

Sharmila Inderjali, the mother of former murder accused Marcus Bisram, was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of offering a detective $4 million to forego charges against Bisram and others.

Guyana on Friday confirmed five new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

In the new week, Guyana and its protracted electoral process will be the subject of two special meetings, held by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS).

The suspect in the killing of 19-year-old Barneth McKenzie, who was knifed to death on Tuesday, has been charged.

At least one person has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of Kissoondatt Premsukh, the contractor who was gunned down at a work site in the city on Thursday evening.

Terrence Alstrom, the pensioner who was discovered dead in his Kuru Kururu, Linden-Soesdyke Highway yard just over a week ago, died as a result of blunt trauma to his head, according to an autopsy.

A guard is in police custody after he allegedly opened fire on a man while on duty at a city wharf.

The Department of Labour of the Ministry of Social Protection is investigating the recent collapse of a Banks DIH building at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, which claimed the lives of two demolition workers.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned attacks on attorneys appearing in legal proceedings related to the March 2nd, 2020 polls.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that the United Kingdom has started the process to act against those responsible in the event of an illegal swearing in of a government here.

The statement that follows was issued tonight by former Business Minister and member of the AFC, Dominic Gaskin on his Facebook page.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will deliver her decision on Monday at 4 pm in the latest challenge seeking to block the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the winner of the March 2nd polls using the figures of the recount.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab today said that the UK has begun the process for consequences in the event of an illegal swearing in  of  a government here.

After more than a year, a Special Lance Corporal was this morning charged with the unlawful killing of taxi driver Lallbachan Bachan, who was discovered dead in the Suddie Police Station more than a year ago.

The Bar Council of The Bar Association of Guyana today condemned recent attacks on attorneys including Kim Kyte-Thomas, counsel for GECOM Chair Claudette Singh.

United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday defended Washington’s move to impose sanctions against persons here acting to derail democracy, while saying that it is driven by the concern that it and over 130 other nations share about the repeated efforts to undermine the will of the people.

A contractor is now dead after being riddled with bullets while at a construction site in D’Urban Street, Lodge.