Guyana News

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Ingrid Trotman yesterday said that students who don’t want to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) exams over the two-day course in July will not be forced to write the exam.

A flight from Miami to Georgetown is expected to land today with the first group of Guyanese who were approved to return home since the closure of the country’s airspace due to COVID-19 restrictions, de facto Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has confirmed.

APNU+ AFC campaign Co-Chairman Joseph Harmon yesterday said that the Organisation of American States (OAS) went into the “boundary” of “interference” when it declared that the National Recount will yield a credible result for the March 2nd general and regional elections.

In its final report on the March 2nd elections here, the European Union Elec-tion Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said that the integrity of the entire electoral process was “seriously compromised” by the non-transparent tabulation of results in Region Four, for which it blamed senior Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials.

As the recount of the ballots cast at the March 2 polls nears its conclusion, the heads of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union diplomatic missions have stressed the need for all stakeholders to “uphold the integrity” of the process and “peacefully accept” the wishes of the Guyanese population.

For the fifth day in succession Guyana has recorded no new case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the results of another round of testing.

Courts Guyana yesterday donated 20 Aeroboxes to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to aid in the protection of frontline health care workers.

Rafeek Khan, the 35-year-old driver who was found hiding in the Atlantic Gardens home of businesswoman Sattie Beekharry a short while after she was heard shouting “murder,” was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with killing her.

Acting Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael G Kozak this evening said he expected President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo  to honour their commitment to “respect legitimate recount results” In a tweet this evening, Kozak, who has frequently commented on the Guyana elections said:  “We look to President Granger and Opposition Leader Jagdeo to honor their commitments to respect legitimate recount results.

With the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections drawing to a close, the envoys of the US, UK, Canada and the EU today said “is important for all stakeholders to uphold the integrity of the process and peacefully accept the wishes of the Guyanese population”.

Seventy-six ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today, according to GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj.

A 35-year-old driver was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of businesswoman Sattie Beekharry, who was killed in her Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home earlier this week.

In their final report on the March 2nd polls, the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said that the integrity of the entire electoral process was “seriously compromised” by vote count in Region Four and has cited the senior Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials for acting in violation of the law.

The APNU+AFC Coalition during yesterday’s tabulation made significant gains, managing to decrease the lead held by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in the General Elections to 7,073 votes.

The General Secretariat of the Organisation of American States (OAS) last evening declared that the soon to be concluded National Recount here will yield a credible result for the March 2nd General and Regional Elections (GRE).

Campaign Co-Chair of the APNU+AFC Coalition, Joseph Harmon  yesterday doubled down on claims that the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections were riddled with fraud before contending that the three-person scrutinizing team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will in their report determine the credibility of the entire elections.

After finding that accused Marcus Bisram was unlawfully committed to stand trial for murder, Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall on Monday also granted him an order prohibiting the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from bringing an indictment in the High Court charging him with the capital offence.

For a fourth day, Guyana yesterday reported that testing had not found any new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Five members of the US Congress have written to President David Granger urging that he ensure an internationally recognised declaration of the results of the disputed March 2nd general elections consistent with the laws of Guyana.

A Corentyne pastor and nine others yesterday faced charges that they breached the restrictions on social activities under the emergency measures instituted to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease.