Guyana News

Neighbouring Brazil yesterday upped the ante on the Granger administration by calling for respect of the popular will at the March 2nd general elections in line with the CARICOM supervised recount of votes and the recent ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Guyanese archaeologist and renowned artist Dr George Simon died yesterday after losing his battle with cancer.

An Eastern Airlines aircraft skidded off the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday afternoon, after landing with more than 200 Guyanese who had been stranded in New York.

The police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old miner whose lifeless body was discovered slumped over an ATV at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Mazaruni River, Region Seven.

Two congressmen who President David Granger earlier this year assured that elections would be free and fair, yesterday joined calls that the Guyana Elections Commission issue results in keeping with the 33-day recount, even as they called out the Chief Election Officer for his ploy to subvert the process.

Five new cases of the novel coronavirus were recorded in Guyana on Wednesday with Regions One and Seven recording 110 cases since June 12 according to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday demanded that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) proceed to make a declaration using the recounted results of the General and Regional Elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A group of the world’s top oil companies including Saudi Aramco, China’s CNPC and Exxon Mobil have for the first time set targets to cut their combined greenhouse gas emissions as a proportion of production, as pressure on the sector’s climate stance grows.

Canada yesterday strongly regretted the extended delay in declaring the election results from the March 2nd general elections and says it is prepared to use all “tools at our disposal” to hold accountable those who prevent it.

Growing up in an abusive home and becoming a victim of domestic abuse from just 14 years of age by a man she was forced to marry, Angleha Dhuman of Corentyne, Berbice is now a proud survivor and is enjoying her independence. 

As COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) which is now being severely affected by the outbreak, has now recorded 48 cases.

A miner was on Monday stabbed to death after an altercation with the jilted lover of his girlfriend.

The case file involving the murder of a 19-year-old man from Dazzell Housing Scheme, Enmore, on the East Coast of Demerara has been sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

A Lusignan resident was on Sunday last chopped in front his home by a number of Spanish-speaking men.

The Ministry of Communities yesterday donated a $34.8 Million garbage truck to the Georgetown Municipality, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) has partnered with Mattai’s, The Food Market to facilitate cashless payments through its MMG platform, a release from the company said yesterday.

The family of the Number 4 Village pensioner who was hit by a motorcar at Number 6 Village is worried as he is still recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Preliminary investigations have found that the fires which gutted three public buildings including the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office in Linden were acts of arson and de facto Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan has since asked for an increase in patrols in every policing division across the country.

A sixty-eight-year-old man, who is one of Moruca’s earliest recovered COVID-19 cases, has said the stigma he suffered after his diagnosis did more harm than the virus itself.

In strong language, CARICOM Chairman Ralph Gonsalves today said that  the entire world knows that a small clique is trying to hijack Guyana’s elections.