Guyana News

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this afternoon said that it had jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a decision by the Guyana Court of Appeal pertaining to the March 2nd general elections.

Decision by Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in case of Irfaan Ali et al versus Eslyn David et al.

The Guyana Power and Light this morning said that the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System experienced a shutdown.

The Guyana Elections Commission can ignore any report from Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield that does not conform with the law.

Protests have erupted in Schenectady, New York after a police officer knelt on the neck of a Guyanese man who was being questioned in connection with an act of vandalism.

A 37-year-old man was gunned down early yesterday morning at ‘B’ Field, Sophia, after a simmering argument over the positioning of a horse.

At least 300 Santa Rosa residents yesterday defied lockdown rules to protest the measures that have been instituted to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

There are now 284 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guyana following the confirmation of seven additional positive cases originating from the Mabaruma sub-district in the Barima-Waini region.

With an energy researcher warning of the potential environmental harm that could result from natural gas at Exxon’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, the company has assured that it has already implemented a leak detection and repair programme that utilises the latest technology.

Another former partner of writer Ruel Johnson has alleged that she was abused while she shared a relationship with him.

A 55-year-old resident of Meadowbank, East Bank Demerara is now dead after a mining pit he was working in caved in on Monday at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven.

A group of Caribbean NGOs have iterated their support for Guyanese to enjoy a free, fair and democratic system of election that expresses the will of the people and have also posited the need for a more inclusionary process of government going forward.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has seen an upsurge in the number of robberies and measures are being put in place to combat and decrease the prevalence of the crime, Regional Commander of Region 4(a) Phillip Azore says.

The police will be taking action against supporters of the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition, who breached the COVID-19 measures by participating in a number of protests across the country on Monday.

A murder charge against three of the accused in the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall was yesterday withdrawn by the prosecutor at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

The suspect held by police in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Tyron Duesbury, who was fatally shot in Agricola, has confessed, according to the police.

While Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall ruled in his favour quashing a committal order which would have resulted in him being tried for murder, Marcus Bisram is appealing an aspect of the judge’s ruling with which he says he is dissatisfied.

The Good Life Supermarket at Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was burgled on Saturday evening in what was the fourth such incident since it opened last year.

Jennel Campbell, the mother of the youth who is suspected to have started the fire at their two-storey Second Alley Hillfoot home at Linden, yesterday said that she will not be pressing for any charges against him.

Scotiabank’s Bartica operations will be shuttered and merged with the bank’s Parika Branch later this year.