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The Guyana Elections Commission is seeking the assistance of the Chief Immigration Officer to ascertain the validity of claims that ballots were cast for persons who may have been out of the country on elections day. During the ongoing recount of votes, the APNU+AFC Coalition has made several claims of votes being cast for persons […]
The International Court of Justice has announced that public hearings on the question of the Court’s jurisdiction to hear the Guyana vs Venezuela case will begin on the 30th June in the The Hague. The Court said in view of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the hearings will take place in the Great Hall of Justice […]
A group of factory workers from the Uitvlugt sugar estate picketed the sugar company again this morning over concerns about physical distancing at their worksite. But their protest action was short-lived as the Police turned up and brought the picketing exercise to an end. The Police told the workers that they would not be able […]
The Guyana Elections Commission has made a decision to extend the timeline for the recount to the 13th June, the Commission’s Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward has confirmed. The Commission moved this afternoon to amend the gazetted order with the new date. The original timeline would have been expiring tomorrow. The recount has to be […]
The People’s Progressive Party this evening threatened that the Guyana Elections Commission could face Court action if it makes any move to investigate the claims that votes were cast for persons who are dead and persons who were out of the country at the 2nd March elections. PPP Candidate and Attorney Anil Nandlall told reporters […]
The Guyana Elections Commission is still to make a final decision on the extension of the timeline for the recount of votes. The 25-day timeline that GECOM set itself for the recount will expire in two days. The Commission met today but the meeting ended with no decision being made. News Source understands that the […]
The Public Health Ministry has announced that Guyana has recorded 11 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the past 24hrs. The new cases take to 150 the total number of confirmed cases with 72 of those cases still active. A total of 67 persons have recovered with the number of deaths remaining at 11. […]
One day after the government released detailed requirements for those stranded Guyanese nationals seeking to return home, the Private Sector Commission is requesting that some exemptions be made to allow the smooth return of the citizens. In a letter to the COVID-19 Task Force, the Private Sector Commission is requesting that those persons who test […]
At a high-level virtual meeting examining the impact of the Coronavirus on small states, President David Granger called for extraordinary financing to be made available to assist small states to fight the pandemic and address issues during their recovery. The President told the UN and other world leaders that the multidimensional nature of the impact […]
The Public Health Ministry is once again sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing cases of the coronavirus in neigbouring Brazil and the threat to communities in southern Guyana. While announcing that Guyana has recorded no new cases over the past 24hrs, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud today expressed grave concern over the situation in […]
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