Guyana News

Voicing their alarm at the current “governance crisis” in Guyana due to the ongoing post-elections controversy, the Roman Catholic bishops of the Caribbean yesterday appealed for the early completion of the process to verify the result of the March 2 general and regional elections.

As he urged calm and patience, President David Granger on Friday once again lamented that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intervention for a total recount of votes cast at Guyana’s March 2 general and regional elections was “stymied” by a court action. 

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has announced that all seaports in Guyana will be closed until further notice.

Chairman of the Giftland Group of Companies, Roy Beepat has alleged that he was told on Thursday by a police rank that any of Giftland Mall’s security cameras focusing on the Arthur Chung Convention Centre at Liliendaal was “illegal.”

The start of low cost airline JetBlue’s service here has been stalled by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global crisis, and the airline’s nonstop service to New York will instead be launched in October.

The Ministry of Public Health on Friday received Personal Protective Equipment along with other items from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for workers in the public health sector in the bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The NEW Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC) is set to ramp up its manufacture of Chloroquine anti-malarial tablets, while noting that the drug has been cited as an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Devon Harris, who was wanted by police in connection with the death of gold miner Akeem Caesar, was yesterday arraigned in a city court on a manslaughter charge.

A 23-year-old vendor was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny.

A prisoner on Friday set fire to the catwalk of the solitary division of the Georgetown Prison on Camp Street.

A Bartica man was yesterday charged with threatening to kill his mother over the playing of loud music in their home.

AFC executive and former Business Minister Dominic Gaskin today said he doesn’t “buy” the controversial Region Four figures which were declared by Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and which are now the subject of a raging elections crisis.

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

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) today said that in the drive against the Covid-19 pandemic, all seaports in Guyana will be closed from tomorrow to international vessels with the exception of merchant ships.

The Carter Center observer team this afternoon announced it was leaving Guyana.

Roman Catholic bishops of the Caribbean today urged those responsible for the verification process of the March 2nd general elections to bring it to an early completion.

The bodies of a couple bearing multiple stab wounds were discovered at Wismar, Linden on Wed-nesday evening and a suspect who had threatened one of the victims has been arrested in connection with the crime.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally has written President David Granger urging him to remain faithful to his promise for a recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections and warning of the seriousness of repercussions were the international community to place sanctions on Guyana.

Six of the ten political parties which contested elections in Region Four have welcomed the call for a recount of votes and called for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to facilitate the security of all the ballots cast on March 2, 2020.

Brazil has restricted land travel across the border with Guyana at Lethem as it has intensified its response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.