Guyana News

Former Prime Minister of Senegal Aminata Toure, who is co-head of the Carter Center’s observer mission for these elections, today called on Guyanese to be patient as they go out to cast their votes.

Even as it awaits final approval for Payara, its third oil well development, ExxonMobil is pressing ahead with its fourth oil well project offshore at Hammerhead-1 as it aims to ramp up production.

Excessive weight from vehicular traffic and the mining of sand close to the Linden-Soesdyke Highway are the main contributing factors to the soil erosion along the road, which has led to the speed limit being reduced from 100km/h to 80km/h.

“Guyana is a land of many promises…broken promises,” a resident of Plastic City at Vreed-en-Hoop on the West Coast Demerara lamented even as residents prepare to go out in their numbers and vote today with the hope that the winning party remembers that they exist.

With an unserved market in the Greater Antilles from Guyana and increased interest in the country, Turks and Caicos-based interCaribbean Airways has filed an application with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to extend its operations in Guyana.

Despite repeated requests, GECOM has not responded to queries over the process for joining the votes of three of the smaller parties, according to ANUG’s presidential candidate Ralph Ramkarran.

Underscoring the importance of doctors being aware of the elements of medical negligence, attorney Kamal Ramkarran at a seminar held recently said it is key to this group of caregivers in effectively carrying out their “promise to abstain from doing harm.”

Convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan has lodged a complaint with the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) accusing Crime Chief (ag) Michael Kingston of persecuting him since his return to Guyana.

Owner of RNK Investments Inc., Rizwan Khan is suing business process outsourcing company Emerge BPO to recover the US$40,000 which he says they owe in unpaid rent for the month of February for the seven floors they occupy at one of two of his Robb and Camp streets properties.

A convict, who is serving an eight years jail sentence, on Saturday afternoon escaped from the Mazaruni prison while he was carrying out labour duties at the penitentiary’s farm.

The trial of Dennis Marks for the 2016 murder of Police Sergeant Leonard La Rose commenced on Wednesday before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Friday held a symposium to focus on alternative technologies and techniques for better recovery and the reduction in the use of mercury in Guyana. 

Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr George Norton has called on all Guyanese to be “respectful and courteous” as they cast their votes in today’s general elections.

The polling station close to Windsor Estates that was reported by the Guyana Times as situated on “…unprepared land…used for grazing cows” and was almost inaccessible, was yesterday being prepared for today’s polls and accessibility was not an issue.

The owner of Sweet Sunnah Guyana, on Thursday took the witness stand to lead his defence before Magistrate Rondell Weaver in the trial for two charges set to begin this year.

All is set for voting in the 2020 General and Regional Elections today.

St Maarten’s Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs this morning activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in connection with two confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 on French Saint Martin. 

President David Granger yesterday ended his campaign for a second term the same way he started it—by telling his supporters that he is “the man with the plan.”

-at PPP/C final rally Seeking a return to power following a narrow defeat at the 2015 elections, PPP/C Presidential Candi-date Irfaan Ali yesterday pledged to “make things right again” and vowed better governance of the petroleum sector as he appealed for votes at the party’s final rally before tomorrow’s polls.

‘Backtrack’ travel between Suriname and Guyana has been closed for a week starting yesterday and the surprise implementation of the decision has left a number of Guyanese nationals stranded in the neighbouring country.