Guyana News

New CARICOM Chair Ralph Gonsalves yesterday urged respect of Wednesday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling by all stakeholders and he said he expected an early declaration by GECOM of the result of the March 2nd general elections.

After a video of a Schenectady police officer kneeling on the head of a Guyanese man went viral, a review is currently underway while policing reforms, including a ban on the use of a knee to a person’s head or neck as a control hold, have been announced. 

The post-mortem of Louis Armstrong, a miner who died as a result of a mining pit cave-in on Monday at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7, has revealed his cause of death as suffocation.

Following the devastating fire which claimed the lives of a small family of three and left at least 28 others homeless, the surviving families yesterday told Stabroek News that they are still adjusting to their losses while laying their loved ones to rest.

Students sitting their oral exams will have a timetable which will ensure that they are not all congregated in the school compound in keeping with the coronavirus safety measures.

Rehanna Rahaman, the teenager who died last month hours after she was allegedly beaten by her boyfriend died as a result of a spontaneous abortion.

Q: Is the Consular Section open? A: The Consular Section is open on a limited basis for American Citizen Services (ACS) and emergency cases. 

On Wednesday the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) delivered its judgment invalidating the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal on valid votes, which essentially paved the way for GECOM to finally declare a result for the March 2nd general elections using the figures from the recount. 

Police are conducting an extensive investigation into the Cummings Lodge apartment complex fire that left three persons dead, Region Four (A) Commander, Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore has confirmed.

By way of letter, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh today instructed Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to prepare a report for the declaration of the result from the March 2 general elections using the figures from the recount of the votes which show a victory for the PPP/C.

New CARICOM Chair Ralph Gonsalves today urged respect of yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling by all stakeholders and he said he expected an early declaration by GECOM of the result of the March 2nd general elections.

A proposed meeting today of GECOM on the way forward following yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision has been postponed to tomorrow as government-appointed commissioners have requested time to study the ruling.

In a unanimous decision giving itself jurisdiction, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday set aside the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal on valid votes and paved the way for GECOM to finally declare a result for the March 2nd general elections using the figures from the recount.

Caretaker President David Granger yesterday maintained that there was “massive” fraud in the March 2nd elections while stating that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling on the elections case is not what his party wants to hear.

Yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling has been welcomed by Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali and all of the small parties which contested the March 2 General and Regional Elections, and after four months of waiting they hope it will pave the way for a swift declaration and swearing in of Ali.

The main suspect in the murder of 37-year-old Sophia resident Andrev Easton was fatally shot yesterday by police ranks after an exchange of gunfire.

Saying that he has had engagements with “girls” whom as a grown man he should have had no business dealing with, writer Ruel Johnson in a statement yesterday apologised to all the women who he has hurt while revealing that he has resigned from the party he helped to found.

Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission have been invited by Chairperson (ret’d) Justice Claudette Singh to a meeting today at 1:30pm to discuss the way forward pertaining to a declaration of results from the March 2nd elections, following yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling.

Read: CCJ's full ruling in 'valid votes' case

Envoys from the US, UK, Canada and the European Union (EU)  yesterday met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Karen Cummings to reiterate that their missions expects the Government of Guyana to uphold the then pending ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice and that the recount results must be used.