Guyana News

The refusal yesterday of the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield  to submit a final report for the certification of the result for the March 2nd general elections is an act of gross insubordination and an undermining of electoral democracy. 

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has expressed its complete lack of faith in the embattled Chief Election Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, to execute his mandate and describes his reports as prejudiced and not credible.

As phase one of the planned rollback of COVID-19 restrictions began yesterday, Guyana learned that 12 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease have been confirmed in Region One.

While main operator in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil, has been silent on the March 2 General and Regional Elections, president of partner company, John Hess, said that they believe that a new government will be soon sworn in and anxiously await working with them.

Dozens of APNU+AFC supporters yesterday took to the streets in front of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in clear violation of the measures still in effect to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Just over 100 APNU+AFC supporters took to the streets of New Amsterdam yesterday in a march to press Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh to declare the coalition the winner of the 2020 general and regional elections and they were told to prepare for a long fight. 

Based on the new measures recently issued by the National Task Force on COVID -19, as part of Phase 1 of the reopening of Guyana, the National Park will be opened to the general public beginning today.

A Meadow Brook teenager died on Tuesday afternoon in a collision in Campbellville.

Yoga is an ancient form of exercise which is rooted in India and its rich cultural heritage.

Two Venezuelan nationals accus-ed of stealing over $200,000 worth of clothes as well as a generator from their employer were remanded to prison after denying the allegation.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield today failed to submit the report of the valid votes cast in the March 2 General and Regional Elections (GRE) in direct contravention of a directive from GECOM Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud today reported 12 new cases of the Coronavirus in Region One.

Attorney Anil Nandlall this afternoon said that no Injunction or Order of Court has been granted against the Chief Election Officer (CEO) or GECOM.

The opposition PPP says that even if the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield subverts the electoral process by not submitting the correct results today for the March 2nd general elections, GECOM can act on its own.

Embattled Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield  is to present his declaration of results today to the Elections Commission for final certification of a winner of the March 2nd general elections though there are doubts about whether he will comply with the specific instructions from the Chair, Claudette Singh.

Residents of Tain Settlement, Corentyne were left in a state of shock yester-day morning, after a well-known pensioner was found murdered in her house. 

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has opted to keep the 6pm to 6am curfew in place even as a new phased re-opening plan was announced yesterday.

The probe into the fatal shooting of Devon Hansraj, the teenager who was a part of the violent post-elections protests in Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice in early March was “poorly” conducted and as such the police were asked to conduct further investigations, the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday said.

Sir Shridath Ramphal yesterday lauded the decision on Tuesday of GECOM Chair Claudette Singh to use the recount of votes for the certification of the final result of the March 2nd general elections.

Zorie De Mattos is now a local legend after beating the novel coronavirus at the age of 105 and she and two other survivors were feted yesterday.