Guyana News

Paramaribo,  (Reuters) – Suriname’s National Assembly voted in former justice minister Chan Santokhi as its new president today, ending the rule of former strongman Desi Bouterse, who had dominated the country’s politics in recent decades.

GECOM Chair Claudette Singh today instructed CEO Keith Lowenfield to submit the results of the recount of the March 2nd elections by 2 pm tomorrow and she stated that the existing declarations for the 10 districts will be set aside, according to commissioners who attended the Commission’s meeting.

Eleven inmates were injured and hundreds more dislocated when prisoners set fire to a dorm yesterday at the Lusignan Prison following a drug seizure.

With the certifying of the outcome of the March 2nd polls still hanging in the balance, the stage is set when GECOM  meets this morning  for the firing of Chief Election Officer (CEO)  Keith Lowenfield who has thrice defied instructions by the Chairperson, Justice Retired Claudette Singh to present the results of the recount A meeting is scheduled for 10 am at the Commission’s High and Cowan streets, Kingston Headquarters.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland yesterday strongly encouraged GECOM to “follow the directions given by the CCJ and decisively conclude the 2 March 2020 elections based on the results of the national recount.”

The family of the latest COVID-19 fatality, a sixty-nine-year-old woman who died on Saturday while in isolation at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) have since alleged that she contracted the virus while she was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A New and United Guyana  presidential candidate Ralph Ramkarran yesterday rapped de facto Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo for helping to “restore PNC dictatorship” on the basis of rigged elections which he said both of them in their youth as members of the PPP had fought against.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday said that the antics of the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield have demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that he cannot be expected to discharge his functions in an impartial and fair manner.

Face masks are mandatory when travelling on speedboats because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) on Wednesday announced that it had processed the last batch of ore from its stockpile at the Aurora gold mine in Cuyuni/Mazaruni and will continue to recover gold in circuit inventory over the next several days.

Six more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of infected persons to 297.

Hand in Hand Mutual Life Assurance Company Ltd is offering one year’s free life insurance coverage to all public health care workers countrywide. 

The Government of Guyana is seeking bidders for the construction of a fish processing plant at Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara.

An attempt to set fire to the cultural landmark, the Umana Yana was foiled early yesterday after an alert security guard raised an alarm scaring off a man.

Bramha Kaiso, a 60-year-old resident of Corentyne, Berbice, who became disabled from a spinal injury and who suffered discomfort during the inclement weather, got relief after a contractor repaired his leaking roof. 

A date has not been set for the release of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results according to the Ministry of Education (MoE).

With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening the health and safety of many, Troy Resources recently donated a quantity of cleaning and hygiene supplies to the Kaburi Village Council in Region Seven.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland today strongly urged GECOM to “follow the directions given by the CCJ and decisively conclude the 2 March 2020 elections based on the results of the national recount.”

A fire which started following discontent among prisoners over the seizure of a quantity of marijuana this afternoon destroyed the old wooden Lusignan Prison facility and has left about 280-300 inmates dislocated, de facto Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said today.

Adverting to reports that Latin America and the Caribbean face their worst recession in a century, the UN Resident Coordinator here, Mikiko Tanaka has pointed out that the elections process is still to be concluded here.