By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
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The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for 24-year-old Linden resident, Keon Smith aka Tall Man. He is wanted in connection with the 13th July murder of gold miner Teo James at Blackwater Landing in the Cuyuni region. In a statement today, the Police Force said the murder suspect is of mixed race […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
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Weather forecasters are keeping their eyes on a tropical storm that is currently moving across the Caribbean region in the Atlantic Ocean. The local Hydromet Office in a weather alert this afternoon said while the storm is not expected to directly impact Guyana, because of its current pattern and trajectory, northern Guyana could be impacted […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The international community continue to press for a declaration of the final results in the Guyana elections to be based on the recount that was conducted. The European Union today became one of the latest international organisations to call on GECOM to move ahead with declarations. In a statement from its headquarters, the EU said […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
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The Court of Appeal has set Saturday for the hearing of oral arguments in the appeal filed by private citizen Misenga Jones against the Chief Justice’s decision on the election recount case. Cross appeals that have been filed by the Attorney General and the People’s Progressive Party will also be heard at the time. The […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
As Guyana still awaits a final declaration of the election results more than four months after votes were cast and coming off the heels of a special OAS Permanent Council Meeting on Guyana, the incumbent APNU+AFC today announced that it remains open to dialogue with political parties and others to move the country forward. In […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
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With two new cases of the coronavirus being recorded in the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry has revealed that persons are more likely to contract the coronavirus in Regions One and Seven than Region Four. Region Four currently has no active cases of COVID-19. But Regions One and Seven have seen a skyrocketing […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Attorneys for private citizen Misenga Jones have moved to the Court of Appeal in an effort to throw out the ruling by the Chief Justice who has declared that the vote recount was valid and only the votes from the recount ought to be used for the final declaration of the elections. Through her […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
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Guyana’s Foreign Minister Dr. Karen Cummings told a Permanent Council meeting of the Organisation of American States this afternoon that there has been no breakdown in the rule of law in Guyana and she chided some members of the international community over their “premature” statements on the situation in Guyana. She reminded that the electoral […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
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Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, who headed the Observer Mission of the Oranisation of American States at Guyana’s 2nd March Elections told an OAS Permanent Council meeting on Guyana’s elections that he remains disappointed that the Guyana electoral process has still not come to an end. During the virtual meeting, Mr. Golding recounted […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2020
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Although the number of coronavirus cases in Guyana has been climbing steadily, two of the country’s largest regions which recorded the first set of cases are now free of any active case. According to Health Officials, Region 4, which is home to Guyana’s capital of Georgetown, and Region 10 which is home to Linden have […]