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Chief Justice Roxanne George has set the 22nd October as the date for the case management conference in the election petition cases that were filed by supporters of the APNU+AFC Coalition. The Attorneys for the petitioners have been informed by the Court that the case management conference will be done virtually next Thursday afternoon. That […]
Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield was arrested and charged today on allegations of forgery and misconduct in public office. The new charges were filed by the Guyana Police Force as it continues its probe into allegations of fraud at the 2020 elections. He appeared in Court this afternoon and was slapped with three charges of […]
On Saturday, the Ministry of Health recorded Guyana’s 103rd Coronavirus related death. The latest fatal victim was a 61-year-old woman in Region One (Barima-Waini) who passed away at her home. She tested positive for the virus after she died. The death of the woman took the total number of deaths in the month of October […]
After keeping her in custody for the past three days and not getting many of its questions answered, the Guyana Police Force today marched the Deputy Chief Election Officer, Roxanne Myers before the Court to face two charges of misconduct in public office. The charges are in relation to allegations of fraud at the 2020 […]
The Guyana Police Force in a statement this morning denied that the Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers is in Police custody for obstruction of justice because she opted to remain silent to questions about election fraud allegations. The Force has now explained that she is in custody for conspiracy to defraud. Myers turned up […]
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has admitted that the Ministry of Health is facing a challenge in the turn around time for test results for coronavirus. Just after taking office a month ago, the new PPP Civic government ramped up testing for COVID-19 across the country, but the turnaround time for results moved from two […]
In an interview released by the Government’s Department of Public Information, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today announced that Opposition Members of Parliament Christopher Jones and Sherod Duncan both tested positive recently for the coronavirus and should still be in isolation at home. Both Jones and Duncan were present in Parliament yesterday for its opening […]
One day after misconduct in public office and fraud charges were filed against the District Four Returning Officer and two other workers from GECOM, the Guyana Police Force has arrested the Personal Assistant to the Chief Elections Officer Duarte Hetsberger. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed the arrest and said Mr. Hetsberger was held this afternoon […]
Just after the swearing in of the new Members of Parliament, the National Assembly passed a total sum of $11.2 Billion for the Constitutional agencies, allowing those agencies to continue their work for the rest of the year. The approved funds cover sixteen constitutional agencies including the Parliament of Guyana Office, the Auditor General’s Office, […]
Protests in a number of West Coast Berbice villages are ongoing with more roads being blocked as some are being cleared. This morning, more members of the Riot Squad of the Guyana Police Force were dispatched to the villages including Belladrum where the protests started on Sunday. During a stand-off with protesters this morning as […]
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