Guyana News

With the completion of the vote count from the March 2 polls prompting claims of fraud, an independent high-level Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team is due to arrive to supervise a full recount of the ballots cast in all ten regions at Guyana’s elections based on an agreement by President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. 

The incumbent A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition is “generally satisfied” with the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections (GRE) and has denied involvement in any type of fraud related to the tabulation of votes in Electoral District Four.

Following his controversial declaration of results, Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo has denied the requests by eight of the ten parties that contested the March 2 general and regional elections for recounts, while saying that none of their counting agents was properly appointed.

A businessman was shot dead by gunmen on Friday night on the premises of his Rosignol snackette, where he was celebrating his 78th birthday.

Amid rising concern about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), from tomorrow until March 27, most public servants will be working on a shift system to avoid clustering at their offices.

The High Court yesterday held another Saturday sitting to hear an application by the opposition PPP/C for an injunction to restrain the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the final results of the March 2 polls until a recount is done in Region Four in accordance with the law.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday condemned threats and attempted physical attacks on media workers in recent weeks during elections coverage.

Former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has described the recent transfer of Assistant Commissioner of Police Edgar Thomas as “grossly unfair” and “flagrantly high-handed” and has accused Com-missioner of Police Leslie James of failing to execute his duties.

Beepats, the authorized distributor for the Lysol brand of sanitizing products, has limited retail sales of the products to two per person at its retail branch on Regent Street while maintaining the same prices it has always asked.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced a waiver of fees for the use of its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and Point of Sale service for the remainder of the month to assist customers in taking precautions against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 

Investigations are still ongoing into the murder of Cuban butcher Ofredis Duarte Campos, who was shot and killed on Church Street about three weeks ago during an attempted robbery, acting Commander of Region 4(A) Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore has said.

A second case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was today confirmed in Guyana, while the results of another suspected case is yet to be disclosed.

Hearing at Diamond/Grove court on application for a recount of Region Four and to challenge last night’s declaration of Region Four results.

  President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo have agreed to a CARICOM supervised recount of the votes cast at the March 2 general and regional elections.

A Rosignol robbery last night left a 78-year-old man dead and two others injured.

The Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four Clairmont Mingo has declared results for his voting district after a process roundly rejected by other contesting parties and observers except the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition, which stands to be declared the winner of the March 2 polls should they be certified.

With one case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) having been confirmed in Guyana, more test kits are on the way even as the Ministry of Education (MoE) has ordered schools shut for two weeks from Monday as a precautionary measure.

The daughter of the woman who died from the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation recently displayed mild symptoms of the disease while she was in New York but was still allowed to travel here by the state’s Health Department.

Alliance For Change (AFC) executive Dominic Gaskin yesterday said he was not “sufficiently convinced” that the polling results purportedly declared by the Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four last accurately reflected the statements of poll (SOPs) from the 879 polling stations.

The envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union Delegation and Canada yesterday warned that the swearing in of any president on the basis of flawed results could lead to Guyana’s isolation.