Guyana News

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp, which has major operations offshore Guyana, today reported a $1.1 billion second-quarter loss on sharply lower energy demand and prices from the COVID-19 pandemic, and confirmed plans to make “significant” reduction to costs.

As he called for a swift declaration of the March 2nd General Elections using the recount votes which he said is inevitable, CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of St.

In a unanimous judgment, the Guyana Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal filed by Misenga Jones, who was seeking to have the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) prevented from using the results of the national recount to declare a winner of the March 2nd elections.

The United States yesterday announced that additional “senior individuals” from Guyana will be prevented from entering the country for undermining democracy.

The approximately $1.6 billion Centre for Disease Control and Prevention which has been the source of major controversy in recent months was yesterday morning commissioned by caretaker President David Granger.

Places of worship across the country will be permitted to reopen from August 1 under updated COVID-19 emergency measures that have been gazetted as part of phase four of Guyana’s reopening.

Guyana has now recorded a total of 401 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in the country.

In the wake of a unanimous Guyana Court of Appeal (CoA) decision throwing out the latest challenge to the recount result by an APNU+AFC supporter, Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Luis Almagro yesterday said the right of appeal should not be abused.

President David Granger has reverted to stating that he will accept any declaration made by the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission.

Despite stringent objections from several respondents, the appellant in the case of Misenga Jones vs the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) et al was yesterday granted a 24-hour stay on the effect of the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the case. 

Following the dismissal of the Misenga Jones appeal the members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have been invited to a meeting on Sunday at 10 am to discuss the way forward.

A local campaign is calling on the Protected Areas Commission to place all of Guyana’s remaining mangroves under legal protection immediately.

The United States today announced that additional “senior individuals” from Guyana will be prevented from entering the country for undermining democracy.

Justices Dawn Gregory,  Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and Rishi Persaud   today threw out the appeal of Misenga Jones against the decision of Chief Justice Roxane George that the recount votes be used for the declaration of the result of the March 2nd general elections.

The Guyana Court of Appeals today delivers its decision in the case brought by Misenga Jones against The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) et al.  

Guyana’s oil reserves and investment potential were yesterday boosted by the Hess Corporation announcement that appraisal of the Yellowtail well and 13th discovery in the offshore Stabroek Block it shares with ExxonMobil and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has yielded two additional reservoirs.

Pleading guilty to the charge of manslaughter for killing his partner Reona Payne whom he shot some 14 times back in 2018, former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) captain Orwain Sandy now awaits sentencing which will be delivered next Tuesday.

The Guyana Police Force continues to be tightlipped about a wild chase through the city on Saturday morning that left two civilians hospitalised with gunshot injuries and a host of cops being investigated including three under close arrest.

President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger have both tested negative for the novel coronavirus disease.

Despite various authorities claiming that the majority of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the South Central Rupununi are imported, the Toshao of Potarinau, Carl Albert says that this is not so and disclosed that the cases in the community and in one of its satellite villages are the result of one individual who crossed the Guyana/Brazil border.