Guyana News

The University of Guyana’s Council today announced that the year-long search for the Institution’s 11th Vice Chancellor has ended and that the successful Candidate is Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin, PhD, the first woman to be named Vice Chancellor in the 57-year history of the University of Guyana.

Guyana will begin the gradual reopening of its airspace from July 1st with a controlled number of flights coming into country, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt.

Attorney at Law Anil Nandlall has written to the Registrar of the Supreme Court seeking to be informed of any legal challenge to the just concluded National Recount of votes.

Some Presiding Officers (POs) from the East Coast of Demerara polling stations, which have now become the focal point of the APNU+AFC’s allegations of electoral fraud due to missing documents, say they acted on instructions from their Deputy Returning Officers (DROs) to not place them in the ballot boxes.

With the tedious recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections now complete, all eyes are now on the CARICOM observer mission and GECOM.

Canadian gold miner Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) yesterday announced phase two of layoffs from its Region Seven subsidiary as it prepares for the transition from open pit mining to underground mining.

The burnt remains of a man were recovered yesterday at a camp at the rear of Shieldstown Village, West Bank Berbice and his one-time son-in-law has since been arrested. 

A man was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $19.7 million after being found guilty of having a large quantity of cannabis as well as a quantity of cocaine in his possession for trafficking.

The driver of the minibus involved in the accident on the Rupert Craig Highway which claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman last month has been charged with causing her death and driving without a licence at the time.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday condemned the destruction of features installed for the protection and safety of pedestrians and cyclists on the Main Road on the East Coast of Demerara, particularly between the recently completed sections from Better Hope to Belfield.

Despite exhibiting symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and indirect contact with one of the earliest fatalities, Quincy Braithwaite says that he has never tested positive.

RK’s Guyana Security Services yesterday  announced that Dr. Roshan Khan Snr has stepped down as Chairman and will now transition to a ‘Strategic Advisor’ role on the new board.

Armed bandits posing as customers robbed M&M Snackette & Fast Food’s outlet at Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) of an undisclosed amount of cash on Sunday.

Guyana’s COVID-19 recoveries have now increased to 84 even as a new round of testing shows no new positive case.

Saying that there remains a health threat posed by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the General Council of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday maintained its call to teachers to continue to instruct their students from home despite an instruction from the Education Ministry that they return to schools.

Guyana Goldfields Inc today announced phase two of the reduction of its workforce at the Aurora Gold Mines in Region Seven.

The Ministry of Finance today said that yesterday it suffered a burst main, which resulted in severe water damage to documents and equipment in the main building, and the disruption of all phone services.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry which is an accredited observer at the National Recount of votes today urged all parties to support the rapid conclusion of the recount process.

With all of the ballot boxes now recounted after a gruelling 33-day exercise, the unofficial final result shows that the opposition PPP/C will win the presidency and 33 seats in Parliament with the incumbent APNU+AFC securing 31 and the list joining parties of LJP, ANUG and TNM capturing one.

A deciding vote by GECOM Chair Claudette Singh yesterday saw the inclusion of votes from 29 ballot boxes that had been under question, virtually sealing an election victory for the PPP/C and setting the stage for certification of the final result.