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The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service have launched a manhunt for 4 prisoners who escaped from the holding area of the Lusignan Prison on Sunday night. Three of the prisoners were on remand for various crimes while the fourth was serving a three-year prison sentence. The escaped prisoners have been identified as […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who heads the National COVID-19 Task Force, has indicated that he has responded to a letter from the Elections Commission Chairman seeking provisions to allow the recount of votes for the elections. The National COVID-19 Task Force is made up mostly of Government and technical officials involved in the fight against […]
Hours after the Ministry of Public Health announced that there was no new confirmed case of the coronavirus within 24 hours, the seventh death as a result of the virus was recorded on Saturday night. In a late-night release, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence announced the passing of coronavirus victim, but no other detail was […]
The PAHO/WHO Representative in Guyana, Dr. William Adu-Krow believes Guyana should not be having any discussions right now about lifting the current curfew. He believes that the curfew should remain in place if the country wants to see a flattening out of those cover-19 cases. During a virtual press conference on Friday, Dr. Adu-Krow said […]
The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice Claudette Singh has decided that no more than 10 workstations will be used for the recount of votes from the 2nd March elections. It was stated that each workstation will be responsible for the tabulating of its own results. The Chairperson also indicated to the Commissioners today […]
The Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence issued a warning to citizens this afternoon about the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Guyana. The country has now recorded 63 confirmed cases of the coronavirus with 18 of those confirmed cases coming in the past week alone. In her daily update today, the Public Health Minister said […]
In a statement this afternoon, the President’s office made it clear that the President and the Government are not responsible for the hiring of a US Lobby firm since they did no such hiring. The Ministry of the Presidency described as “erroneous”, statements which suggested that the Government hired the US looby firm, JJ&B to […]
The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association issued a call today for the Guyana Elections Commission to do all acts and things necessary in the shortest possible time to ensure the accurate credible and transparent declaration of the results of the 2020 elections. The Bar Council reminded that Article 69 of the Constitution of […]
The Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, while confirming the hiring of a US lobbying firm has indicated that it is supporters of the APNU+AFC government who are standing the costs. He said government money is not being used. “This is not funding from the government. We have supporters around the world […]
The Chairperson of the Elections Commission, Justice Claudette Singh has indicated to Commissioners that she will make her decisions on the proposals for the recount known to them by tomorrow via email. The Commission met today for just over three hours. According to two of the Commissioners, the meeting focused heavily on the length of […]
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