By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24hours from a total of 143 completed tests. All 19 of those cases are from Region Nine. On Sunday, 10 cases were recorded with four cases from Region 9 and six cases from Region 7. On Saturday, the authorities recorded nine new cases with all […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2020
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2020
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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, […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2020
Crime, Elections, News, Politics
The Private Sector Commission is calling on the Police Commissioner to investigate and file charges against persons who have been using Facebook to issue threats against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. In a statement, the PSC said it has observed the increasing abuse and threats appearing on Facebook pages. The body, which has […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Oral arguments in the appeal of the Chief Justice’s ruling on the Misenga Jones election case are set to take place from tomorrow morning before Appeal Justices Dawn Gregory, Rishi Persaud and Priya Beharry. The Attorneys for the appellant are holding firm to their position that the Chief Justice erred in her ruling by deciding […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 23, 2020
News, Politics
The new President of Exxon Mobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge has started his work in the country, replacing Rod Henson who is now serving as Vice President for Exxon in Houston Texas. The new company President in a statement today said the company has accomplished a lot since its first discovery in Guyana five years ago […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
As Guyana still awaits a final declaration of the election results more than four months after votes were cast and coming off the heels of a special OAS Permanent Council Meeting on Guyana, the incumbent APNU+AFC today announced that it remains open to dialogue with political parties and others to move the country forward. In […]