By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
News
The Court of Appeal has set Saturday for the hearing of oral arguments in the appeal filed by private citizen Misenga Jones against the Chief Justice’s decision on the election recount case. Cross appeals that have been filed by the Attorney General and the People’s Progressive Party will also be heard at the time. The […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
As Guyana still awaits a final declaration of the election results more than four months after votes were cast and coming off the heels of a special OAS Permanent Council Meeting on Guyana, the incumbent APNU+AFC today announced that it remains open to dialogue with political parties and others to move the country forward. In […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
News, Politics
With two new cases of the coronavirus being recorded in the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry has revealed that persons are more likely to contract the coronavirus in Regions One and Seven than Region Four. Region Four currently has no active cases of COVID-19. But Regions One and Seven have seen a skyrocketing […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Attorneys for private citizen Misenga Jones have moved to the Court of Appeal in an effort to throw out the ruling by the Chief Justice who has declared that the vote recount was valid and only the votes from the recount ought to be used for the final declaration of the elections. Through her […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Guyana’s Foreign Minister Dr. Karen Cummings told a Permanent Council meeting of the Organisation of American States this afternoon that there has been no breakdown in the rule of law in Guyana and she chided some members of the international community over their “premature” statements on the situation in Guyana. She reminded that the electoral […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, who headed the Observer Mission of the Oranisation of American States at Guyana’s 2nd March Elections told an OAS Permanent Council meeting on Guyana’s elections that he remains disappointed that the Guyana electoral process has still not come to an end. During the virtual meeting, Mr. Golding recounted […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
News, Politics
Although the number of coronavirus cases in Guyana has been climbing steadily, two of the country’s largest regions which recorded the first set of cases are now free of any active case. According to Health Officials, Region 4, which is home to Guyana’s capital of Georgetown, and Region 10 which is home to Linden have […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
Crime, News
Kaieteur News sub-editor and former Government Cultural Advisor and co-founder of The Citizenship Initiative, Ruel Johnson was taken into custody this morning and questioned about rape allegations. The allegations were made by an ex-girlfriend of Johnson who in a recent social media post detailed alleged instances of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
When Guyana reopens its international airports in August, all incoming passengers will be required to have a COVID-19 PCR test completed with a negative result before their travel. In guidelines prepared by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, the body said the PCR COVID-19 test will have to be taken within seven (7) days prior to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2020
Crime, News
A businessman remains in custody as the probe continues in the gunning down of 47-year-old contractor Kissoondat Premsukh. Investigators are working on the theory that the murder was an ordered execution. The businessman who is in custody is suspected to be the one who ordered the hit. A woman who was also held initially by […]