By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Carter Center is hoping that the Government will give the clearance for one of its officials to fly into Guyana on Monday on a flight from Miami to observe the vote recount process. In a brief interview with News Source this afternoon, Carter Center Director for its Democracy Program, David Carroll explain that the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2020
News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has finalised its work plan and has decided that the recount of votes for the 2020 elections will begin on Wednesday. The Commission is set to finalize the recount order and have it gazetted on Monday. The Commission met today and wrapped up discussions on several of the issues for the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The US Embassy in Georgetown on Sunday indicated that it requested permission via diplomatic note for Observers from the Carter Centre to return to Guyana for the recount on one of those special flights that have been coming in to fly out US citizens in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the special flights […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2020
News, Politics
As media workers across Guyana join in observing World Press Freedom Day, the Guyana Press Association believes that the need is now more than ever for disinformation to be countered by facts and data, adding that “safety is being extended to include protection from a deadly pandemic, and bias and the compromising of standards must […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2020
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With the recount of vote set to commence soon as a CARICOM team is already on the ground to observe the process, the People’s Progressive Party is raising a number of concerns of its own about some of the procedures to be in place for the recount. The Guyana Elections Commission hosted a meeting on […]
By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The three-member CARICOM High-Level team for the Guyana elections vote recount arrived in Guyana this afternoon on a special chartered Trans Guyana flight, paving the way for the start of the recount process. The members of the team are Senior UWI Lecturer Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission, John Jarvis […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2020
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The Guyana Elections Commission this evening confirmed that a 3-member CARICOM team will arrive in Guyana on Friday to be part of the vote recount for the national elections. The members of the team are Senior UWI Lecturer Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission, John Jarvis and Supervisor of the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2020
News, Politics
The Government has ordered that the national emergency measures that are in place to fight the coronavirus will remain until the 3rd June. The measures were expected to expire on Sunday, but with the numbers of coronavirus cases still climbing, the Public Health Ministry recommended that the curfew and other measures be extended by a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2020
News, Politics
Moments after the Public Health Ministry confirmed that Guyana has recorded its 9th Coronavirus related death, it reported that the country has also recorded four new cases of the coronavirus. With four new cases being recorded within the past 24 hours, it would mean that eight new cases have been recorded so far for this […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2020
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The Government today signed an order that allows the compulsory acquisition of the Ocean View Hotel Property. The property will be transformed into a National Sanatorium for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and related illnesses. The Order which has been gazetted declares the construction of the National Sanitorium, a public work. News Source understands that […]