Guyana News

The recent disbursement of $250 million to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) under the $30 billion syndicated bond for the industry will be used mainly to pay its creditors and allow the corporation to honour its weekly wages payroll.

A Craig, East Bank Demerara family was left traumatised after a group of masked bandits attempted to break into their home on Friday morning.

Police are awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine whether charges should be laid in connection with the death of 24-year-old cyclist David Shepherd, who died after an accident along the Nonpareil public road almost two weeks ago.

Two foreign nationals were taken into custody on Friday night after they were allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed revolver with matching rounds.

An elderly couple, who reside at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, is appealing to the public to donate a camera which they hope can bring an end to continuing attacks on their home.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has announced guidelines for Infrared Temperature Guns that are being used to test body temperature, including that they be tested and calibrated by the agency.   

The mother of Rickford Newton, the youth who succumbed last after allegedly suffering an injury during a football game, believes that he was a victim of foul play due to the severity of his injuries.

Based on the vote tally from the national recount of votes from the March 2 elections, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday urged caretaker president David Granger to initiate formal congratulatory messages to the winner, PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, ahead of a formal declaration. 

Baroness Sugg, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development, has joined the call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to declare a final result from the March elections on the basis of the recount of votes.

The rehabilitation of severely deteriorated sections of the Kitty seawall, near the pump station, is currently underway.

Following Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield’s decision to disregard the request by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh to submit a report on the outcome of the general elections using the results of the national recount exercise, the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday said his actions were unjustifiable.

The Organization of American States (OAS) today repudiated the latest report by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield fabricating a `win’ for the incumbent APNU+AFC and it warned that in the coming days a report will be issued to the body’s Permanent Council on this and other matters.

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles today called for the recount result from Guyana’s March 2nd general elections to be declared stating that `There is no other option that will be acceptable to the region and wider world’.

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that Guyana recorded its 17th COVID-19 related death.

Britain’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development today urged GECOM to declare a final result on the basis of the recount of votes.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has disregarded a directive by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh that he use the results of the national recount to submit a final report on the March 2 polls.

Embattled Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been given up to 11 am today by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair Claudette Singh to produce a final report of the March 2nd general elections using the results of the national recount of votes.

A woman was granted bail by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall after being on remand for over 18 months for allegedly killing her husband. 

While not naming Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, the Organization of American States yesterday said that one of the principal obstacles to the declaration of a result from Guyana’s March 2 elections is “a person whose duty it is to defend Guyana’s democracy through ensuring respect for the results of elections.”

Following Wednesday’s decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday called for an announcement of the final results of Guyana’s March 2 polls as soon as possible.