Guyana News

The US, Canada and the United Nations yesterday urged the Guyana Government to pave the way for the return of observers from the Carter Center for the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company  (GTT) last night denounced information circulating on social media that it was in talks with the government to limit internet speeds during the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections so that the spread of information could be contained.

With over 30,000 liters of Bunker C fuel having spilled into the environment, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is facing a $1.6 million dollar fine and will foot the cost of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) environmental impact assessment, Executive Director of the EPA, Vincent Adams told Stabroek News yesterday.

Guyana Goldfields Inc’s (GGI) gold output for the first quarter of this year was 23% less than the corresponding period last year and it has also announced the demobilisation of its open pit contractor, Stracon of Peru.

Guyanese-born physician assistant, a frontline worker at a New York hospital, successfully beat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and returned to her job when it was “overloaded” with patients, many of whom were dying. 

Even with a 3.87% improvement in its net half-year profit after tax, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited is trimming its interim dividend this year to $1 per stock unit compared to $1.60 per stock unit last year.

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Attorney General and longtime professor at the University of Guyana are just some of the portfolios the late Keith Massiah SC will generally be remembered as having held and in terms of juris-prudence a landmark decision on wages as property will be part of his legacy.

For the second day in a row, no new tests for COVID-19 have been reported  raising concerns as whether there is a problem at the National Public Health Reference Lab.

The families of the three soldiers who were killed in an explosion that occur-red at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri, last Thursday are expected to meet with the GDF’s Welfare Officer today.

A senior Canadian government official this evening called on President David Granger to “immediately approve” the return of the Carter Center to monitor the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections that is due to begin on Wednesday.

The recount of votes from the crisis-ridden March 2nd general elections is expected to finally get underway on Wednesday, GECOM agreed today.

Pressure is mounting on the Guyana Government to permit the return of the Carter Center to observe the recount of votes with the UN Resident Coordinator here, Mikiko Tanaka adding her voice.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today urged that the authorities take steps to ensure that the Carter Center is able to return to observe the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

Following another series of meetings, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is expected to meet today to finally set a date for the start of a recount of the votes cast at the March 2 elections.

The Carter Center last evening said that it has been unable to secure permission from the Government of Guyana for an observer to travel into the country on Monday to observe the recount of votes for the March 2 national elections.

“It’s very stressful being unemployed. I ain’t getting assist from nowhere I was unemployed… about a month now.

Samuels Morris, the country’s latest novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim, was a diabetic who was “very ill” and was admitted to the public hospital in a “bad shape.”

With no pre-existing health conditions and for someone who lives a fit and healthy lifestyle, businessman Karan Mehra initially thought that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was not a threat to him until he developed symptoms and ended up in an isolation facility for 33 days.

Several buildings designated for the isolation and quarantine of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have been completed and another is under construction as villagers have moved to prepare the Moruca sub-district to treat cases.

Police are investigating the theft of mattresses and other furnishings from a building that is being refurbished for use as a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Lethem, according to Commander for Region Nine Superintendent Keithon King.