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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 […]
Region One remains the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in Guyana. Of the country’s 128 active cases, Region One has 60 cases. Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle today said she is still not happy with the response of Region One residents to the health guidelines especially those in the Moruca sub-district. She said […]
The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice Claudette Singh has decided to dispose of the 10 District Declarations that were made on the 13th March and has replaced those Declarations with the Certificates of Recount. In her decision at today’s meeting of the Commission, the GECOM Chair said: “the results of March 13 […]
Even with the Guyana Elections Commissions still to make a final declaration of the 2nd March elections, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States is making moves to summon a meeting of the Permanent Council of the OAS on the situation in Guyana. In a brief statement on twitter, the OAS Secretary-General, Luis Almagro […]
The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission has rejected the report submitted on Saturday to the Guyana Elections Commission by the Chief Election Officer and has now instructed him to submit a report in keeping with her original request. According to Commissioner Vincent Alexander, at today’s meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission, the Chairman told […]
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