Guyana News

High Court judge Franklyn Holder has granted an injunction restraining the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from authorising a recount of ballots cast at the March 2 elections based on the agreement between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Uitvlugt Estate has suffered breakdowns amounting to some 204 hours for its first crop.

ExxonMobil is continuing to monitor the possible implications of the post-elections situation and the global coronavirus pandemic on its operations in Guyana.

A young man was yesterday morning sentenced by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow to three years and three months behind bars after taking responsibility for the crime of raping his 10-year-old cousin when he was 13 years old.

According to opposition-nominated member of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Sase Gunraj, the country is in a very precarious place which requires careful thinking and mature leadership.

A young man who raped his seven-year-old cousin when he himself was 14 years old was yesterday sentenced to spend the next two years behind bars and ordered to undergo counselling while in prison and even after his release.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has asked its supporters to remain vigilant and calm and to stay home until guidance from the Party.

An autopsy has confirmed that Rosignol businessman, Tony Bishnauth, died as a result of the single gunshot injury he sustained to his head during a suspected robbery on his business last Friday evening. 

The political crisis over the March 2 elections results has further contributed to uncertainty about the future for the 326 workers that were sacked by the RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) in January, General Secretary of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) Lincoln Lewis has said.

As part of measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) the Guyana Police Force will not process applications for Barbecue permits, fairs, parties and any other public event According to a release from the GPF Regional Police Commanders across the country would not entertain such requests until further notice as part of mitigatory measures to dissuade large gatherings and assemblies.

An Alness, Corentyne, family has been advised by regional health officials to self-quarantine themselves after they returned home on the said flight with the first victim of the coronavirus, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital last week.

In response to the concern of its many stakeholders in relation to the threat of the Covid-19 (Corona virus), the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is assuring the general public that the Authority under advice from the Ministry of Public Health, has implemented and will continue to improve the necessary precautions so as to maintain a safe and healthy work environment for both its staff and taxpayers who do business at its various offices.

The Management of the Guyana/ Suriname Ferry Service wishes to notify the general public that MB Sandaka will be departing Moleson Creek, Corentyne  today, Wednesday, 18th March, 2020 at 9:00 am, while check-in commences at 6:30am-8:00am.

The police have ruled out that Sunday’s shooting incident which saw a Leopold Street man being targeted was gang related, Regional Commander (ag) Phillip Azore said.

Five Cuban nationals were yesterday remanded to prison after each of them pleaded not guilty to illegally entering Guyana by way of Springlands, Corentyne.

Bids were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for consultancy services for geological, geotechnical and topographical surveys for the 1.5 megawatt Kumu Hydropower project and for the provision of security services for a number of locations that fall under the Ministry of Education.

The police are awaiting legal advice on the way forward in the matter involving the South Ruimveldt businessman who indiscriminately fired gunshots from his home on Sunday night.

The city magistrates’ courts have put precautionary measures in place to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Occupational burnout, fatigue and stigma  must not make health workers  mistreat their parents cautioned Dr Veronica Griffith, Deputy Director of Regional and Clinical Services (RHS), according to a statement from the Ministry of Public Health.

The Transitional Management Committee (TMC), University of Guyana has advised that staff and students of both campuses (Turkeyen and Tain) and the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) will be absent from campus and working online for the next two weeks, until March 30, 2020.