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The month of April has emerged as the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana with 54 deaths recorded in the past 25 days. October 2020 was the previous deadliest month with its 44 recorded deaths. In the past three days, a total of 10 deaths were recorded, pushing the total death toll to […]
Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall has welcomed the decision of Chief Justice Roxanne George to dismiss the election petition which sought to vitiate the results of the 2020 elections. In a statement, Mr. Nandlall said the ruling by the Chief Justice was sound and in keeping with the law. “This decision ought not to […]
An upset Opposition Leader Joe Harmon, this afternoon lashed out at the decision of the Chief Justice to dismiss the election petition case as an “atrocious” ruling. In a statement, Mr. Harmon said the ruling stabbed democracy in the heart and therefore an appeal will be filed. “Many of you previously expressed doubt and concern […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Aaron’s Royality, Jayson Aaron, was arrested this morning by investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force. Aaron’s Royality is the company that is at the centre of the fuel import scandal at the state-owned, Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL). Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed the arrest […]
Chief Justice Roxane George this morning dismissed the election petition case which was filed by two supporters of the Opposition APNU+AFC who were hoping for the results of the elections to be vitiated. The petition challenged the constitutionality of Order 60 which was created by GECOM and paved the way for the recount of votes […]
Police investigators and investigators from the Civil Aviation Authority are probing a security incident at an Air Services Aircraft at the Bartica airstrip. The incident is being described as an “unlawful interference” and not an attempted hijacking. Just after 9 o’clock this morning while the pilot of the Cessna aircraft was awaiting the arrival of […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has seized the Panamanian registered fuel tanker which is carrying a shipment of heavy-fuel that is the centre of an ongoing fuel purchase scandal at the Guyana Oil Company. The tanker which carries the name “President”, has now been anchored at the Guyana Sugar terminal in Ruimveldt and remains under the […]
Police in Essequibo on Saturday arrested the lone suspect in the gunning down of Charlestown youth, Odingo Haywood. The wanted man, Lenroy Forde, was arrested by the Police while he was being transported in a boat to the mining community of Devil Home in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni region. A woman who was traveling with the murder […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has intervened to ease the tension between the state-owned sugar company, GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union. Sugar workers have been agitating for an increase in wages and salaries dating back to 2019. They have also been pressing for the sugar company to restart negotiations with the union […]
Four months after he was sent on 132 days of accumulative leave, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels will not be returning to the Prison Service as its Head. Instead, the Ministry of Home Affairs has informed the Prison Director that he is being transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs where he will take up […]
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