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The Ministry of Public Health today revealed that there are eight new COVID-19 cases in Guyana. The new cases were recorded from a total of 49 tests that were completed in the past 24 hours. The Ministry did not indicate the areas where the eight persons were tested positive for the virus. Region One remains […]
Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed his disappointment with the latest move to the Court by a private citizen on an election matter. Mr. Jagdeo accused the APNU+AFC of being behind the latest Court action and said he believes it is another move to further delay a final declaration of the […]
The Ministry of the Presidency this afternoon rubbished claims by PPP Executive Member Anil Nandlall that there is a plan by the President to remove the Chairman of GECOM. In a statement this afternoon, the President’s office described the claims by Mr. Nandlall as wicked and highly outrageous. According to the statement, Nandlall’s accusations are […]
A meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission which was expected to accept and address a final report on the elections was discontinued this afternoon following the filing of Court action that seeks to prevent the Commission from using the votes from the final recount as the basis for a final declaration. Chief Justice Roxanne George […]
Through Attorney Mayo Robertson, private Citizen Misenga Jones has filed Court action against the Guyana Elections Commission, the Chair and Chief Elections Officer of the Commission and the Attorney General. The applicant is seeking a declaration that the Chair of the Elections Commission is acting outside of the Constitution by the decision not use the […]
An unoccupied building at the GDF’s Second Infantry Battalion Base at Maria Lodge on the Essequibo Coast was badly damaged by fire just after 3 o’ clock this morning. A police report said the building had no electricity supply. Therefore, the fire being of an electrical origin has been ruled out. Quick thinking neighbours who […]
An investigation has been launched into an early morning fire that gutted a section of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Anna Regina Police Station. The fire occurred at around 5 o’ clock this morning. According to a statement from the Police, a Police Constable was making checks around the wooden building in the station […]
Police in the Cuyuni region are probing the murder of a 30-year-old gold miner who was found with multiple stab wounds to his body. The dead man has been identified as Teo Max James. He is originally from the West La Penitence area in Georgetown. The incident occurred on Monday evening at a mining camp […]
An early morning fire ripped through a building at Wismar, Linden that housed the GECOM sub-district office for the Wismar area Firemen were called to the scene of the blaze just after 1:55am and were able to contain the fire to the one building. According to the Police, a security guard who was on duty […]
The US Embassy here in Georgetown has announced that its Consular section has started phase one of its resumption of operations. According to the embassy, under Phase 1, the Consular section is offering appointments for emergency American Citizen Services and limited processing of urgent visa cases. Employees and other persons visiting the embassy must wear […]
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