By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2020
News
Guyanese nationals stranded in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have found themselves still waiting for their repatriation home despite clearance being granted for their return more than three weeks ago. Caribbean Airlines, which has been granted approval to operate the repatriation flights, indicated today that it was still awaiting an approved list of the persons […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
In an interview this morning at State House, President David Granger rubbished claims that his coalition was involved in any election wrongdoing. ‘The APNU+AFC Coalition of which I am the Chairman never colluded with anyone to interfere with the electoral process. We went into the election process like the PPP and the minor parties, and […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2020
News, Politics
The People’s Progressive Party this afternoon said it has taken note of the report on the vote recount submitted by the Chief Elections Officer and it is clear in its opinion that CEO Keith Lowenfield “violated” the recount order by offering an opinion of the observation reports and probing the claims contained in the observation […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield in his report on the vote recount has found that the results do not meet the standard of fair and credible elections. Mr. Lowenfield presented his report earlier today to the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission and he has detailed the complaints and observations made of the recount in […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The APNU+AFC Coalition expects the report being compiled by the Chief Elections Officer to be a very comprehensive report that should document and entail all of the issues that were raised during the vote recount. APNU+AFC Candidate and Executive, Joe Harmon during a radio interview on LITE FM said the report should contain all of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo is expecting that the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission to declare his party as the winner of the 2020 elections. The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to claim that there were sufficient anomalies unearthed during the vote recount to raise questions about the credibility of the elections. The coalition […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
Crime, News
Attorney-at-law and People’s Progressive Party Candidate Anil Nandlall has compiled and dispatched a number of screen grabs of Facebook comments that are considered racist to the Police Commissioner for investigation. The comments were captured from different Facebook pages including the comments section of some media pages, In his letter to the Police Commissioner, Mr. Nandlall […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
Crime, News
Three years after his escape from the Lusignan prison, murder suspect Paul Goriah has been recaptured in neighbouring Suriname and is likely to be returned to Guyana within days. Goriah and two other men were nabbed in Nickerie recently during an armed robbery. He initially identified himself as Kevin Smith, but when his photograph was […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
News, Politics
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport is ensuring all systems are in place for the planned phased reopening of the airport from the 1st July. A number of safety measures and equipment are being implemented to safeguard airport and airline workers and staff from contracting the coronavirus disease. Among the new features at the airport are […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2020
News, Politics
With Grade Six students preparing to return to classes from Monday and sitting the National Grade Six Assessment on the 1st and 2nd July, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shamdeo Persaud said parents should have a conversation with their children, especially about the use of masks and the safety precautions they should take. “Please show them […]