Politics

18 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 2 days

Guyana recorded ten new cases of the coronavirus disease on Sunday and eight cases were recorded the previous day. The Public Health Ministry has not revealed details of the new cases, but the total number of active cases in Guyana has climbed to 169 with four of those persons now in the COVID-19 ICU at […]

Former Barbadian PM Owen Arthur dies

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur died in his home country just after midnight, according to an official statement from the Government of Barbados. He was 70-years-old. Arthur was hospitalised for over a week after suffering a heart attack. According to Nation News of Barbados, Arthur led Barbados as Prime Minister for an unprecedented three […]

Joinder parties say no to dialogue with APNU+AFC

The three small parties that are likely to share one seat in parliament regardless of how the final election results turn out, do not plan to hold any talks with the APNU+AFC following the coalition’s statement that it remains committed to dialogue with political stakeholders. In separate but similar statements, A New and United Guyana, […]

Lowenfield granted bail on private conspiracy charges; Case to continue in August

Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, Keith Lowenfield appeared in Court this morning before Magistrate Faith McGusty to face indictable private criminal charges filed against him by a member of the People’s Progressive Party, Desmond Morian and a member of The New Movement Party, Josh Kanhai. The private charges were filed after Lowenfield […]

EU calls on Guyanese leaders and stakeholders to support declaration of “long overdue” results

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 […]