Guyana News

A Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice butcher shop was torched late Friday night in an attack that its owners believe was politically-motivated. 

Opposition-nominated elections commissioner Robeson Benn has alleged that he was verbally abused and threatened while at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Headquarters yesterday morning and he has since written to Commissioner of Police Leslie James voicing his concerns about the encounter.

Rejecting the controversial vote count that was initially declared by Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo, AFC executive and former Business Minister Dominic Gaskin on Friday said there needs to be a full investigation to determine if there was wrongdoing by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials in connection with the integrity of Statements of Poll (SOPs) or the tabulation of results from the March 2 elections.

Some persons have decided to self-isolate as a precaution against contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after five cases have so far been confirmed in the country.

Police are currently searching for a driver who struck and killed a 61-year-old man along Brickdam last night.

A pedestrian was struck down and killed in a hit-and-run accident along Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown early yesterday morning.

An accident on the Supply Public Road in February has left a 12-year-old girl bed-ridden and unable to speak.

In an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), health officials in Region Three have created screening stations at the region’s two main hospitals.

In an effort to support the national response to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is donating approximately 12,000 litres of alcohol-based sanitising cleaner to vulnerable institutions, including homes for the seniors and orphans.

In an effort to prevent and reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Scotiabank Guyana has introduced a new policy which addresses social distancing.

The operators of the New Oriental Guyana Restaurant in New York have lost their liquor licence for serving patrons in violation of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order barring eating and drinking on its premises, according to a New York Daily News report.

Restaurateurs in Queens, New York lost their liquor license for serving patrons in violation of Gov.

One day after political parties called for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to facilitate the security of the ballots cast on March 2, 2020 by ensuring all were stored at a central location, the secretariat has relocated the containers with the ballot boxes from the Arthur Chung Convention Centre to its High and Cowan streets office.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) has urged banks to consider the reduction of interest rates on loans and a deferral of repayments as part of measures to cushion the expected financial effects from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on both individuals and businesses.

A US$5 million loan which Guyana has requested from the World Bank to tackle the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is currently being processed and this country is optimistic that it will get the needed monies.

Guyana has been paid US$55 million for its first cargo of crude oil sold in February and the country will receive royalties from production by ExxonMobil in its Liza-1 field on the offshore Stabroek Block next month.

In congratulating Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro on his re-election yesterday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cited Guyana’s electoral process as one of the challenges now facing the grouping.

Citing the absence of an ongoing electoral process, the decline in the security environment, and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the US-based Carter Center’s election observation mission has departed Guyana.

The European Union (EU) has withdrawn its Election Observation Mission (EOM).

Representatives of the opposition PPP/C and three of the new parties that contested the March 2 general and regional elections were yesterday successful in their bid to be added as litigants in the lawsuit filed by APNU+AFC candidate Ulita Grace Moore, who has moved to halt a recount of ballots cast at the polls.