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On a day of Court hearings, noisy objections, diplomatic walk-outs and threats of isolation, the Guyana Elections Commission moved the tabulation for the Region Four results to its headquarters in Kingston and tempers flared between reps for two of the parties. Late this afternoon the process was halted again after a verbal and physical altercation […]
The two women who admitted in Court that they were responsible for the recording and distribution of a sex video involving their friend have been sentenced to three years in jail each and fined $5million each. Appearing before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, 23-year-old Janel Williams and 21-year-old Melissa Pestano opted not to waste the Court’s […]
The OAS Observer Mission has announced its withdrawal from Guyana as there continues to be controversy over the Region Four results for the elections and the ongoing process of tabulation. In a statement this afternoon, the OAS said the process employed by the Returning Officer for Region 4 to tabulate results is not transparent and, […]
The Diplomatic Representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the EU have issued another warning to Guyana over the conduct of the elections. Hours after walking out of a GECOM tabulation process for Region 4, the four diplomatic representatives issued a joint statement explaining that they decided to leave the Region 4 […]
The American, British, Canadian and EU Diplomatic Representatives walked out of the tabulation of votes for Region 4 this morning less than two hours after it began, claiming that they will be issuing a statement. When the Returning Officer started the process this morning following yesterday’s objections to him using a spreadsheet process, he announced […]
Days after the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he had discussions about the election situation in Guyana with the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, the Acting Assistant US Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Michael Kozak, issued a warning on Twitter for Guyana. “Under U.S. law and practice those who participate […]
In another electoral twist this afternoon, the European Union Observer Mission announced that it has written to the Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo, requesting to examine the Statements of Poll that he has used to prepare the spreadsheet of results for Region 4. The EU team wants its request to be met before […]
Since Guyana’s first case of the coronavirus was announced, a number of pharmacies and other businesses have significantly increased the prices for those items that are to be used for preventative measures. At some pharmacies and supermarkets, the cost for disinfectants and hand sanitizers have been increased by more than 200% over the past 24hrs. […]
The Balwant Singh Hospital has confirmed that the woman who died at the Georgetown Hospital and later tested positive for the coronavirus was first a patient at its hospital. In a statement, the private hospital said internal checks carried out today revealed that the patient made a “brief stop” at its facility before going on […]
Thirteen crew members of the Caribbean Airlines flight that brought in the 52-year-old Guyanese woman who later died and tested positive for the coronavirus have been self quarantined for 14 days. In a statement, the airline announced that the woman traveled from the JFK Airport in New York on the 7th March. She in-transited in […]
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