Guyana News

As the courts now consider whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has complied with the law in its handling of the results of voting in Region Four from last week’s general elections, the law suggests that if needed there should be at least four copies of each Statement of Poll (SOP) from every polling station in the region in possession of at least four persons, including the Chief Election Officer (CEO).

Two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Artillery Unit who were hospitalised after the explosion of fireworks at the Coast Guard Wharf just over two weeks ago are recuperating and have shown significant signs of improvement.

Police have begun questioning Teon Allen about the recent murder of his girlfriend in order to determine whether he may have been involved.

Change Guyana, the party of businessman Robert Badal yesterday said the swearing in of an illegitimate President on the basis of unverified elections results will set the country back by decades.

The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) recently held a regional workshop to focus on strategies to mitigate threats from illegal gold mining in the Protected Areas of the Guianas.

The recently launched restoration fund for the historic City Hall has been receiving donations since its launch.

Adverting to elections related unrest in recent days, President David Granger today said he won’t allow “political malefactors to hijack our democracy”.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Oil prices suffered their biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War today as top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia began a price war that threatens to overwhelm global oil markets with supply.

With a tense nation still awaiting the results of the March 2 elections with no clear idea of when this will be revealed, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) executive Timothy Jonas has urged the PPP/C to reach out to the APNU+AFC and agree to a truce before results are announced.

The High Court will hear arguments on a suit seeking full verification of the vote for Region Four at last Monday’s general and regional elections at 3pm tomorrow after acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled yesterday that the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Navigant Builders Inc, the company that is developing a premier luxury commercial and residential community at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, have announced that they are postponing the development plans at this time.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday wrote GECOM Chair Claudette Singh demanding the resumption of verification of the Region Four voting at Monday’s general elections but the chair replied yesterday and said that the matter was sub judice.

‘Backtrack’ travel between Suriname and Guyana, which had been closed for a week, resumed operations on Saturday.

The police in Berbice have launched an investigation into a suspected hit and run which has left a  Rose Hall Town, Corentyne man dead.

Guyana Foundation head Supriya Singh-Bodden, who endorsed President David Granger in 2015, says both he and Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh, owe the nation an explanation for the events that occurred after the March 2nd elections.

Aside from the violent protests in Berbice and the East Coast Demerara on Friday, supporters of the PPP/C also demonstrated at other locations against what they claimed was the “rigging” of last Monday’s elections.

By Shabna Rahman in New York Hundreds of New York-based Guyanese gathered on Saturday evening at the corner of 134th Liberty Avenue, New York, calling for democracy and transparency in the electoral process.

President David Granger, yesterday morning, met former Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding and his team from the Organisation of American States (OAS) Observer Mission in Guyana.

From competence to controversy “Do You See Anything To Laugh About?”

The Guyana Police Force has boosted its transportation and anti-rioting capacity with the newest addition of an armoured vehicle.