Guyana News

While noting that a recent review by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that smoking is associated with increased severity of disease and death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has urged regional states to work together to prevent and lessen the use of all forms of tobacco products and scale-up efforts to implement their commitments under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 

Eighty-four ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today, according to GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj.

APNU+AFC elections agent Joseph Harmon today said that the incumbent coalition has written 11 letters in the last four days to GECOM over alleged “irregularities” associated with the March 2nd general elections and it is demanding answers be given.

Chief Executive Officer of the National COVID-19 Task Force Joseph Harmon has announced that while an extension of the current emergency measures in place to stem the transmission of the virus is being considered, a complete lockdown of the country is not.

With one day left in the original timeline for the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections, GECOM yesterday extended the deadline to June 13 and by majority decision agreed for  a maximum of three days after the receipt of a final report from the Chief Election Officer (CEO)  for the declaration of a result.

Following the confirmation of multiple cases of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Moruca Sub-District of Region One, the Santa Rosa village council has announced that a complete lockdown will be imposed on the community for two weeks.

Police are cracking down on persons who are breaching the emergency directives put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including those not abiding by the national curfew and some businesses that are still operating although they have not been deemed essential services.

A 54-year-old farmer and her nine-year-old granddaughter are now dead after a tree fell on them on Thursday afternoon at Imbaimadai, Upper Mazaruni.

With his tour of duty having come to an end, Guyana’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva since 2016 has resigned as chair of a key World Trade Organisation Committee (WTO) and in a comment to Stabroek News has voiced concern over the unconcluded elections process here.

Although there was no increase in COVID-19 cases reported yesterday, the Public Health Ministry said it remains concerned about the continuous rise in regions outside the epicenter, Region Four.

The woman who was taken into quarantine from the New Amsterdam market on Monday after it was reported to health authorities in Berbice that she exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 has since tested negative, a senior health official has confirmed.

A 41-year-old man, who is accused of fatally stabbing his brother at Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) last week, was charged with murder yesterday and remanded to prison.

The police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of Port Kaituma resident David James, who was fatally beaten during an argument on Tuesday night.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has called on caretaker president David Granger to state unequivocally that he will accept the recount of the ballots currently underway as the only basis for a final result from the March 2nd general elections.

As part of what it sees as its corporate responsibility, BOSAI has made a number of contributions to Region Ten to help offset the hardships faced by the community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Up to midday yesterday, 12 persons had been tested by the mobile COVID-19 unit deployed to Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today recounted 82 boxes from the March 2nd general elections, according to commissioner Sase Gunraj.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has called on President David Granger to state unequivocally that he will accept the  recount of the ballots currently underway as the only basis for a final result from the March 2nd general elections.

The long-awaited results of the March 2 General and Regional Elections will finally be declared on or before June 16.

GECOM commissioners are wrangling over how much time should be spent considering controversial observation reports before making a final declaration of the results for the March 2nd general elections and Chairperson Claudette Singh will likely have to cast the deciding vote on the matter.