Daily Archives: April 16, 2020
‘PPP will take all steps to ensure recount done in proper manner’ – Jagdeo
With the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) gearing for a national recount of votes cast on March 2, General Secretary of...
57 COVID-19 cases now confirmed
The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guyana has risen to 57 as of April...
Mazaruni prisoner recaptured more than a month after escape
Director of Prisons (ag) Gladwin Samuels revealed Thursday that 29-year-old prison escapee, Christopher Punch was recaptured on April 14, more...
Bandits invade Regent St. store in broad daylight, tell victims to wear face masks
A 49-year-old business owner is in shock after two armed men robbed her store –Cellular Connection – on Regent Street...
Commonwealth says wait for elections result unconscionable; urges GECOM to conduct credible recount
See below Statement from former Barbados Prime Minister and Chair of the Commonwealth Electoral Observer Mission: The Commonwealth Observer Group...
Postponement of CARIFTA Games allows Guyana to be better prepared
By Akeem Greene President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson, is viewing the shifting of the 50th...
Greenidge removed from Foreign Ministry as part of ‘cleaning the slate’ – Harmon
Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon on Thursday said the removal of Carl Greenidge from the Ministry...
GECOM Chair to give decisions on recount Friday
The head of the country’s elections body, Justice (rt’d) Claudette Singh, has been left to make the crucial decisions surrounding...
Bar Association urges GECOM to act swiftly as Parliament is constitutionally due to convene by April 30
See press release below from Guyana Bar Association: PRESS RELEASE Article 69 of the Constitution of Guyana mandates that, on...
COVID-19: Relief hampers put on pause; Gov’t assessing long term response
The COVID-19 National Task Force has decided to put on pause the distribution of food hampers by the Civil Defence...
Wisden cricketer Russell “excited for months ahead”
The Wisden Almanack, an annually-published, world renowned cricket reference book, better known in some circles as the ‘Bible of Cricket’,...
Contract not yet signed for former Ocean View Hotel- Harmon
The Government has not yet finalized its arrangements with the owners of the former Ocean View Hotel which is being...
