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With Guyana already confirming four cases of the coronavirus, the government has moved to make changes to the working system in the public service out of precaution. In a memo to all Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Departments and Regional Executive Officers, the Public Secretary for the Department of Public Service announced that with effect from […]
Minister of Public Health, Hon. Volda Lawrence has now confirmed two more positive cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number of cases to date to four in Guyana. The three patients who have tested most recently positive have been identified as the husband of the 52-year old woman who died from the virus earlier this […]
The Guyana Elections Commission on Saturday night announced that the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, has denied the eight requests by eight political parties for a recount of the Region Four votes. According to GECOM, the reason given for the denial by the Returning Officer is that none of the parties adhered to […]
The husband of Guyana’s first coronavirus victim has also tested positive for the disease. News Source understands the test was ordered after the man started to show more signs of the illness over the past 24hrs. He is now in full quarantine. Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence confirmed the positive test result to News […]
With a high-level independent team from CARICOM coming in to Guyana to overlook the recount of votes in Region 4, the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition has also requested a recount of votes in the other nine administrative regions. In a statement this afternoon, APNU+AFC Executive Joe Harmon said “the APNU+AFC had also requested recounts in all […]
Although there has been no official announcement about a recount of votes for Region Four, the Chairman of CARICOM, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced that President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo have agreed to have a high-level independent team from CARICOM overlook the recount of ballots in Region 4. The move […]
President David Granger convened a meeting of several government officials this morning to finalise the government’s action plan in wake of the first case of the coronavirus being confirmed in Guyana. Though details of the meeting were not forthcoming, the Ministry of Education has since announced the closure of schools for two weeks, beginning on […]
On a day of Court hearings, noisy objections, diplomatic walk-outs and threats of isolation, the Guyana Elections Commission moved the tabulation for the Region Four results to its headquarters in Kingston and tempers flared between reps for two of the parties. Late this afternoon the process was halted again after a verbal and physical altercation […]
The two women who admitted in Court that they were responsible for the recording and distribution of a sex video involving their friend have been sentenced to three years in jail each and fined $5million each. Appearing before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, 23-year-old Janel Williams and 21-year-old Melissa Pestano opted not to waste the Court’s […]
The OAS Observer Mission has announced its withdrawal from Guyana as there continues to be controversy over the Region Four results for the elections and the ongoing process of tabulation. In a statement this afternoon, the OAS said the process employed by the Returning Officer for Region 4 to tabulate results is not transparent and, […]
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