Guyana News

With only 41% of ballot boxes completed after day 17 of  a 25-day recount process, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is to meet today on accelerating the work and how to address claims of irregularities that are being raised by APNU+AFC agents.

Guyana has lifted its second one-million barrel cargo of crude oil entitlement from ongoing offshore production and the oil tanker Sonangol Namibe departed these shores yesterday afternoon.

The five men who were on board a boat that crashed into another vessel along the Upper Berbice River, resulting in the deaths of four men, were yesterday jointly charged with manslaughter.

Denis Jaikarran, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), was yesterday released on self-bail after he was charged with assaulting Regional Vice-Chairperson Nandranie Coonjah in September last year.

The Public Health Ministry yesterday said that no new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded from its latest round of testing.

A Leguan resident died yesterday afternoon after the tractor he was operating reportedly toppled at Waterloo backdam, Leguan, leaving him submerged.

Police are investigating an alleged murder in Region One, where a man was stabbed to death by his common-law wife on Friday afternoon.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Guyana, yesterday donated $20 million in food supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in effort to provide support and relief to the people of Guyana during the current COVID-19 outbreak.

The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH) yesterday announced its launch of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing and treatment facility at the St.

Guyana is among eight Caribbean countries that are to benefit from a United Kingdom £3 million (USD $3.8 million) contribution to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and mitigate its impact in the region.

Current COVID-19 measures have taken a severe toll on the economies of the indigenous communities of Orealla and Siparuta, according to Toshao Carl Peneux.

The former Director of Sport is one of two persons who were released on $25,000 bail each on Thursday after they were charged with breaching the COVID-19 measures during a People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) protest last Saturday morning.

The Canadian chapter of the Association of Concerned Guyanese (ACG), is requesting the assistance of the Canadian government to continue to support a free, fair and transparent outcome of the March 2 elections in Guyana.

(Barbados Nation) The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a 16-year-old boy.

The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH)  has launched a brand new COVID-19 testing and treatment facility at the St.

Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and mitigate its impact.

The Department of Energy (DoE) yesterday notified  the Applicants who submitted Expressions of Interest on April 26, 2020, for the “Provision of Marketing Services for Guyana’s Oil Entitlement from the Lisa Destiny FPSO Vessel”, that the preparation of the Shortlist of Firms to be invited to submit full Technical and Financial Proposals will be completed by June 25, 2020.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues to increase its daily count of processed ballot boxes, managing to complete 88 yesterday and its Chair said those raising claims about irregularities will have to be prove them.

After weeks of waiting for positive word, the US-based Carter Center yesterday expressed disappointment at not being able to return and observe the recount of votes from Guyana’s March 2nd general elections and rapped the APNU+AFC government over the shutout.

Although government has announced that it will provide COVID-19 assistance for vulnerable persons and a data collection system is being established, neither the Ministry of Finance nor the executing agency, the Ministry of Social Protection are saying how the programme will be funded.