Guyana News

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.

Supporters of the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday harassed representatives of rival political parties, observer groups and members of the media as they stood behind the security barriers outside Guy-ana Elections Commission (GECOM) offices.

Saying that it has no faith in the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) use of Statements of Poll (SOPs) for the tabulation of Region Four votes, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called for a recount of all ballots for the electoral district.

The Organization of American States (OAS) Election Observation Mission yesterday withdrew from the country saying that the tabulation process for Region Four was not transparent and it has warned that the legitimacy of any government installed in these circumstances will be open to question.

On the heels of the withdrawal of the Organization of American States (OAS) electoral observer mission over concerns about the lack of transparency in the Region Four vote count, the missions from the Commonwealth, the European Union and The Carter Center yesterday expressed grave concern about the process being used to determine the March 2 election results for Region Four.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland yesterday warned that if the voter tabulation for Region Four was not completed in accordance with Wednesday’s ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, it would constitute a “serious violation of the fundamental political values of the Commonwealth”.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire yesterday emphasised that in the tabulation of votes for Region Four, the Statements of Poll (SOPs) must be displayed for all observing the process to see.

The two women who were responsible for the distribution of a sex tape that went viral on social media in January were yesterday each sentenced to three years in jail and fined $5 million after admitting to the crime.

A 27-year-old lumberjack is now dead while another is injured after they were struck by a falling tree at Kumung-Kumung Backdam, Puruni on Thursday afternoon.

Enmore labourer Errol Khan was yesterday morning handed a life sentence for the May 2, 2014 murder of a man with whose wife he had a relationship.

A Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident is wanted by the police in connection with the murder of a gold miner, Akeem Caesar, who was fatally shot more than a week ago.

A minibus conductor was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment for unlawfully and malicious wounding a woman on whom he poured hot water.

The police are currently seeking legal advice in relation to the alleged assault of APNU+AFC activist Vivian Henry, Divisional Commander of Region Two Crystal Robinson has confirmed.

Alliance For Change (AFC) executive Dominic Gaskin today said he was not “sufficiently convinced” that the results declared by the Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four on March 5th accurately reflected the statements of poll from the 879 polling stations.

Region 4 Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo completed the count of votes cast in the General Election just after 7 pm this evening amidst objections from several political parties as well as international and  local observers.