Guyana News

Declaring that “time is of the essence,” and that “the constitutional clock is ticking,” the Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to expeditiously enable an accurate and transparent declaration of results from the March 2nd elections.

The shoreline of the Kitty seawall is once again reeking due to deposits of seaweed.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 26-year-old labourer has been committed to stand trial for the 2015 murder of Guyanese national Ashanti Debidin.

Convicted prisoner, Christopher Punch, who escaped from the Mazaruni prison just over a month ago after he asked to be released to urinate in some bushes near to where he was carrying out labour duties, has been recaptured.

The management of the SleepIn Group of Hotels, in keeping with the now-established guidelines that form part of the pushback against the coronavirus, has decided to close the pool bar and dine-in restaurant to the public, but retain its take-out services.

Contact tracing to find persons who were in contact with those who were infected with COVID-19 has commenced in Region Ten as two cases of the disease were recently confirmed in the region.

De facto Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence this afternoon announced that the number of persons tested positive for the coronavirus has risen to 57 from 55 yesterday.

The Commonwealth observer group which was accredited to the March 2 General Elections today urged that GECOM undertake the long-awaited recount of votes in full compliance with the Representation of the People Act and a credible manner.

Guyana will have to wait one more day for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to communicate its decision on the way forward with the promised National Recount of votes cast on March 2.

The Guyana Bar Association today called on GECOM to act expeditiously to enable an accurate and transparent declaration of results from the March 2 elections noting that a constitutional deadline for the convening of a new Parliament was fast approaching on April 30th.

Seven new positive cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were yesterday recorded by the Ministry of Public Health in Guyana, as the country’s major public hospital “prepares for the worst”.

GECOM is today expected to make a long-awaited final decision on a plan for the recount of votes at the March 2nd elections.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with the murder of Timehri, East Bank Demerara resident, Lawrence Raymond Benjamin who was stabbed to death more than a week ago.

In his latest call for democracy to be upheld here, Acting Assistant Secretary for the U.S.

The victim of the fatal accident which occurred on Tuesday night when a motorcar collided with a cow on the Good Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara, has been identified as a taxi driver and former resident of No.

The management of the SleepIn Hotels in Guyana yesterday announced that it has taken the brand international.

In recognition of the need for persons to stay at home to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has collaborated with the Help and Shelter organization to provide a toll-free hotline number to assist victims of domestic violence and abuse.

The Head of the OAS observer mission at the March 2nd elections, Bruce Golding  yesterday expressed concern that an accurate result has not been determined six weeks on and said this was crucial to restoring Guyana’s position as an “internationally respected democracy”.

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have committed to reviewing a series of proposals designed to tackle the issues arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis as part of their general agreement on a way forward in the Community’s battle against the pandemic.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison while another was released on $75,000 bail after they were charged in relation to last Friday’s home invasion at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD), where a businessman and his family were robbed of over $1 million in cash and gold jewellery.