Guyana News

The representatives of the US, UK, Canada and the European Union (EU) today expressed concern at the continuing delay in declaring the results of the March 2nd elections and they said that pending the outcome of the current appeal to the CCJ they trust that GECOM will use the figures from the recount.

Following a ruling on Monday by the Appeal Court, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield yesterday submitted to the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) what he claims to be a report of the “valid and credible votes” cast at the March 2 polls.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has issued an order that restrains the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) from declaring the results of the March 2nd polls, following an approach by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to challenge Monday’s ruling by Guyana’s Court of Appeal on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2 polls.

With the government’s move to transfer at least 10 properties to private companies earlier this month coming under scrutiny, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday said that it was simply finalising the sale of some of GuySuCo’s assets to help assist the cash-strapped corporation.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that a police officer be charged in relation to the death of taxi driver, Lallbachan Bachan, who was discovered dead in the Suddie Police Station lockup almost a year ago but to date no charge has been laid.

Navindra Jodhan, a Berbice policeman who was hospitalised after an accident just over a week ago, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday.

Water from the Atlantic Ocean has once again inundated Mahaicony farmlands at Dantzig, East Coast Demerara following high tides and small breaches in the sea defence.

A family of eight is now homeless after a fire completely destroyed their Duncan Street, Campbell-ville home late last evening.

President David Granger, once very vocal about the role of CARICOM in the National Recount has been silent on the report submitted last week by the three-person scrutinizing team which observed the process.

While declaring that the March 2nd election “has gone on long enough”, the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday called for the process to be “brought to an end, based on the results of the national recount.”

Guyana’s National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday announced that Guyana’s borders with neighbouring Brazil and Suriname will remain closed until further notice even as two more repatriation flights were approved.

Christopher Pollard, the teenager who was seriously injured in Sunday’s hit-and-run accident along the Enmore, East Coast Deme-rara Public Road which claimed the life of his elder brother remains hospitalised.

One more COVID-19 case was reported yesterday, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has advised that it will convene a full hearing of all matters associated with the appeal by Bharrat Jagdeo and Irfaan Ali of yesterday’s decision by the Guyana Court of Appeal, sources say.

  Following a ruling by the Appeal Court, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield has submitted what he claims to be a report of the “valid and credible votes” at the March 2 polls to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), showing a victory for the incumbent APNU+AFC after invalidating almost 25% of the votes cast at the March 2 polls.

PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali today served notice of an appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) of yesterday’s decision of the Guyana Court of Appeal which asserted that it had jurisdiction under Article 177 (4) of the constitution in relation to the election of the President.

The Guyana Court of Appeal by majority decision has issued an order that the words “more votes are cast” as per Article 177 (2) (b) of the Constitution of Guyana should be interpreted to mean “more valid votes are cast” in keeping with the definition of valid votes as outlined in Order 60 of 2020 (Recount Order) but the ruling appears superfluous as GECOM has already decided the valid votes.

Guyana has recorded its largest spike in the  number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, with 21 more persons being confirmed as having tested positive yesterday.

A 16-year-old is now dead, while his younger brother is clinging to life after they were struck down in a hit-and-run accident on Sunday afternoon along the Enmore, East Coast Demerara Public Road.

A construction worker was killed in Agricola in the wee hours of yesterday morning and police are seeking to determine how he died.