Guyana News

The Private Sector Commission (PSC)  has written to the Chairman of GECOM, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh expressing concern at the unfounded allegations about the March 2nd elections being made by party agents during the ongoing recount.

Two Corentyne men were charged with the attempted murder of a Port Mourant vendor when they appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 57-year-old labourer was chopped to death on Sunday morning during an argument over a bicycle and the suspect has since been arrested.

The police have not yet been able to make an arrest in the murder of Brazilian dredge owner Fredson Da Conceicao which occurred more than two weeks ago and it is believed that the perpetrators have fled to neighbouring Brazil.

A Port Mourant, Corentyne man who was arrested after a quantity of narcotics was found in his house last Saturday was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he was charged.

Guyana Goldfields Inc is to sever between 200 to 300 employees as it faces a range of challenges including financing, regulatory approval of a mining plan and the impact of COVID-19, sources say.

The Carter Center remains interested in observing the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections and will be following up with the authorities here on requests that were submitted last week.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) used one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft for a cargo only charter service between Guyana and Cuba, on Friday 8 May 2020, for the first time in the airline’s history.

In what marks a major shift of its position on the March 2nd general elections, the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday alleged that  “clear and unmistakable patterns of irregularities, discrepancies and worse have emerged” following day five of the national recount of votes.

The number of persons with COVID-19 surged by seven overnight to 104.

With no major hiccups, ballots from a total of 51 boxes were recounted yesterday on day five of the  national recount from the March 2 General and Regional Elections.

An 11-year-old girl remains in quarantine for COVID-19 after several positive tests but her family is hoping she could be discharged soon.

A quarrel over a cellular phone on Saturday night resulted in a thirty-three-year-old man of Friendship, East Bank Demerara being stabbed to death and police have launched a search for the suspect.

With the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) placing New York (NY) hospitals under severe stress, Guyanese siblings, Dr.

The United States has reiterated that it has no interest in any political party here and just wants a government which is elected credibly and reflects the will of this country’s citizenry, Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs at the US State Department, Katherine Dueholm says.

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus forcing schools to close, online teaching poses challenges for both public and private institutions. 

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley said that his country’s Chief Elections Officer did not return to be a part of the CARICOM scrutineer team for Guyana’s General and Regional Elections recount because of local court accusations that the CARICOM team had originally been there illegally.

German’s Soup is moving its Brooklyn, New York store to a bigger and more convenient location in mid-June 2020.

The number of persons with COVID-19 surged by seven overnight to 104, the Ministry of Public Health disclosed today.

GECOM commissioners at a meeting this afternoon decided to identify ballot boxes with smaller numbers of votes to be recounted later in the afternoon to maximise the time available at the 10 counting stations.