By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2020
Crime, News
Less than 30 minutes after he jumped the fence and escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison, convicted prisoner Rei Joseph was recaptured and taken back into custody. A report from the Guyana Prison Service stated that at around 6:51am today, the prisoner was noticed scaling the fence of the jailhouse. An alarm was immediately raised […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission is set to meet on Friday to make a decision on extending the timeline for the vote recount and adding additional counting stations. The Commission is hoping to add six more workstations to the current ten. Today, Health Officials from the COVID-19 Task Force visited the recount site to look at […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
News
For a second straight day today, Guyana recorded no new cases of the coronavirus, even as an additional 32 tests were conducted over the past 24hrs. Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle announced today that clinical trials are being done at the Georgetown Hospital where the most severe Coronavirus cases are being treated. She […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
News, Politics
A decision has been made for all staff members and residents of the Palms Geriatric home to undergo regular screening and testing for the coronavirus disease. The decision comes on the heels of confirmation that four of the recent new cases of the coronavirus are residents of the home. Those four cases are in addition […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
News
Government nominated Commissioner at the Guyana Elections Commission, Vincent Alexander has indicated that he has made moves to consult his Attorneys over accusations leveled against him by PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo. At a Wednesday press conference, Mr. Jagdeo lumped Alexander among several persons he accused of being involved in electoral fraud and rigging. Alexander […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The APNU+AFC coalition is accusing the Head of the OAS Observer Mission that Observed Guyana’s elections of being biased. In a statement last evening, the party said former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has shown partisanship and unquestionable links to the People’s Progressive Party and that compromises him. APNU+AFC Executive and Candidate, Joe Harmon said […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
News, Politics
The recount of votes for Region One was completed today in 98 of the 99 ballot boxes with the lone exception being a ballot box that was discovered drenched in rain water that had seeped into the storage container. The ballot box was opened this morning in the presence of party agents and all of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
News, Politics
The Public Health Ministry while continuing to warn citizens about the spread of the coronavirus in Guyana is also making it known that the battle is not lost. However, there is the worry that the rising number of cases could overburden the country’s health care system. In the past 24hrs, Guyana conducted 34 tests for […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo is supportive of the decision to increase the number of workstations for the vote recount. At a press briefing this midday outside the Arthur Chung Convention Center, Mr. Jagdeo emphasized that the declaration of the election results must be based on the recount. “We want […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
News, Politics
The Organisation of American States Observer Mission for the Guyana Elections is maintaining that there were grave errors with the declaration of votes for Region Four that raised questions about the transparency and credibility of that tabulation process. The Head of the OAS Observer Mission, Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding reported to the OAS […]