Guyana News

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.

-urges declaration of result without further delay   Canada today 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.

A 74-year-old man who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Sunday has been confirmed to have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today announced visa restrictions on individuals undermining democracy here and said that the Granger administration must respect the results of democratic elections and step aside.

Chief Justice Roxane George today said that oral arguments will begin on Friday afternoon, July 17 at 2 pm on the latest challenge to the declaration of results from the controversial March 2nd general elections and arguments should conclude around 5 pm and a decision could be handed down by Sunday.

The Chief Justice Roxane George hears a court challenge filed to block the attempt by Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh to declare the winner of the March 2nd polls using the results of the national recount process.

A court challenge has been filed to block the attempt by Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh to declare the winner of the March 2nd polls using the results of the national recount process, The new legal action, brought by Tucville resident Misenga Jones, contends that Singh can only make a declaration from the report submitted by the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and that neither she nor the Commission can dictate to him what his report should contain.