Guyana News

With the conclusion of the recount process showing victory for the opposition PPP/C, the incumbent APNU+AFC yesterday claimed that there had been massive fraud and said it was putting GECOM “on notice”  that illegal votes cannot produce a valid result.

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) on Thursday  received 1200 care packages/hygiene kits to be distributed to Venezuelan migrants and locals of Region One to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

A Fyrish Village, Coren-tyne man died on Saturday afternoon after he lost control of his motorcycle along the Corentyne Highway.

The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital’s COVID-19 testing and treatment facility, which was recently launched, is equipped to care for patients requiring the first two levels of COVID-19 care, according to Dr.

While GBTI’s performance saw improvements in 2019 in key areas there was an overall decrease in revenue earning opportunities given the economically challenging environment, according to the Bank’s Executive Director, Richard Isava in his report to shareholders.

With a strong willpower to “be the change I want to see in the world,” a youth of Guyanese parentage, spearheaded a massive clean-up exercise in Minneapolis, USA following rioting and looting during protests over George Floyd’s killing.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases remains at 154 with 11 more persons being tested yesterday for the virus.

(Trinidad Express) A Canadian man and a Guyanese woman are expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate on Monday charged with trafficking counterfeit cards and possession of card-making equipment, arising out of several weeks of investigations by officers of the Fraud Squad’s ABM Task Force.

As part of its measures to safeguard its staff, attorneys and the public against COVID-19, the High Court on Wednesday released updated practice directions that advised, among other things, that all physical hearings before it and the Court of Appeal would remain suspended for the next month unless otherwise necessary.

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative Dr. William Adu-Krow has stated that now that testing has been done at the state-run Palms Geriatric Home, authorities will have a better handle on the situation there.

The last of 2,339 ballot boxes from the controversy-ridden March 2nd general elections was recounted this afternoon at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

GECOM has decided to tabulate the votes from the 29 East Coast boxes that weren’t accompanied by statutory documents, sources say.

With the votes from 95% of the 2,339 ballot boxes from the March 2nd elections tabulated, the ongoing  national recount show-ed the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) holding a lead of 14,317 votes over the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition at the end of yesterday.

Production at Exxon-Mobil’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, has plummeted from 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to now between 25,000 and 30,000 bpd as compressor problems continue and the company would not increase flaring above about 15 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director Dr Vincent Adams has said.

The first group of Guyanese repatriated amidst COVID-19 protocols landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, yesterday afternoon.

A Sister’s Village, West Bank Demerara youth is now dead after an argument with his brother in the wee hours of yesterday morning ended with his throat being slit.

A Corentyne man yesterday died yesterday after he was pinned under a tractor, which toppled while he was operating it in the Number 72 Village, Upper Corentyne backdam.

A new positive case of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday, resulting in the total number of confirmed cases rising to 154.

Students are beginning to express anxieties about a Ministry of Education plan to have classes begin on June 15 for CSEC and CAPE exams in July.

The Amerindian Peoples’ Association (APA) says that the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) decision to hold key examinations in July is further depriving hinterland students of opportunities to have access to quality education and putting indigenous communities at greater risk.