Guyana News

Yesterday, several Governments in jurisdictions into which Caribbean Airlines (CAL) operates including Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, St.

The fire which gutted the Raja Yoga Centre at Kingston, Georgetown late last month is suspected to have been electrical in origin, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle.

A young robbery accused had his bail revoked yesterday after being held for questioning at the Sparen-daam Police Station in relation to a similar attack.

Amid coronavirus concerns, the Ministry of Education yesterday urged against private lessons.

As fears continue to rise over the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Peace Corps has announced the temporary suspension of its activities and the withdrawal of its volunteers worldwide.

Four witnesses are still to testify for the prosecution in the preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Osafo Grundell called ‘Curl Up,’ and James Fraser, called ‘Damo,’ who are charged with the murder of taxi driver Marlon Seon Rodney.

Otis Pearson, known as ‘Otisha’, was yesterday granted reduced bail on a charge of robbery with violence.

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC) has welcomed the decision by President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition, Dr.

With all schools closed from yesterday for two weeks over the coronavirus concerns, the Ministry of Education (MoE) is sanitising all school and MoE buildings.

The recount of votes in the March 2 general elections will not begin today as a key document is still to be concluded.

(Ministry of Education) The Ministry of Education wishes to notify the general public that due to the current situation, careful thought has been given to the scheduled dates for the administration of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2020.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today said that all arrangements are in place for a recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections under CARICOM’s supervision.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland today welcomed the agreement on Saturday for a CARICOM-led recount of the ballots from the disputed March 2nd, 2020 general elections.

Starting with Region Four, the recounting of ballots from the hotly disputed March 2 general and regional elections should begin this afternoon under the supervision of a high-level CARICOM team.

Recognising the potential for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to disrupt operations, the court system has begun implementing precautionary measures including the further remand of prisoners being done via Skype.

APNU+AFC Campaign Co-chair Joseph Harmon says he is unaware of aggressive behaviour by coalition supporters towards media operatives and said that they do not encourage such conduct.

A South Ruimveldt businessman was last night arrested by police for indiscriminately firing gunshots from his home.

The Government of Guyana (GoG) on Saturday criticised the editorial in that day’s edition of Stabroek News on the general elections impasse and accused the newspaper of an agenda of “engendering destabilization”.

President David Granger yesterday said that he looked forward to the `total national recount’ of votes by a CARICOM high-level team being completed as quickly as possible under the auspices of GECOM and asked for the public to be patient.

The Organization of American States (OAS) General Secretariat yesterday welcomed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) deployment of a high-level mission to supervise a recount of the ballots from the March 2 general and regional elections here.