Guyana News

A 19-year-old man was yesterday afternoon knifed to death after a scuffle ensued at a shop in Dazzell Housing Scheme, Enmore, on the East Coast of Demerara.

As the 2020 Elections drag on, de facto President David Granger appears to be slowly shifting the goalpost of what exactly it would take for him to concede.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday described as an “abuse of court” the most recent legal challenge filed against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

An early morning fire, suspected to be an act of arson, yesterday destroyed the upper part of a building at Wismar, Linden which housed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office.

With more services being allowed to operate, the Giftland Mall has partially reopened.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has once again failed to submit the report requested by the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Over 300 prisoners have been released as part of efforts to reduce the size of the inmate population in the overcrowded prisons across the country in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said.

Ramzan Mohammed Shaw, the driver involved in the accident that caused the death of Carson Inniss at Dundee, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, on July 5, was on Monday asked to post a total of $560,000 bail after being faced with four charges, including causing death by dangerous driving.

Eight new cases of the novel coronavirus were yesterday recorded in Regions Two, Four, Seven, and Nine, as cases continue to spike throughout the country.

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) is moving ahead with the phased reopening of the country and is likely to see public servants returning to work, Director of Operations at its Secretariat Mark Archer has said.

A former policewoman is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of dousing her now ex-boyfriend with a corrosive substance.

Following the sitting of the NGSA, parents have said that they would like timely updates on the Education Ministry’s plans for the new school year.

About eighty per cent of the oil spilled from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Kingston power complex has been mopped up as the utility company continues to work closely under directives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Businesses along Regent Street continue to express grave concerns about the massive negative effect the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) coupled with the prolonged electoral imbroglio, continue to have on the day-to-day operation of their businesses.

A key meeting of GECOM today on the results of the March 2nd general elections was deferred after a new legal action was filed.

The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) today rejected  the “wicked and highly outrageous statement issued to the media by Mr.

The police are investigating an early morning fire which damaged the unoccupied Army Base of the Second Infantry Battalion at Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast.

A number of items including important files were this morning destroyed after a fire was allegedly set at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office at the Anna Regina Police Station, Essequibo Coast.

A fire of unknown origin this morning gutted the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office at Wismar, Linden.

GECOM yesterday moved closer to the declaration of the PPP/C as the winner of the March 2nd general elections with Chairperson Claudette Singh  setting aside the 10 declarations submitted to the Commis-sion on March 13, 2020 and ordering the embattled Chief Election Officer (CEO) for the fourth time to submit the results of the painstaking recount.