Daily Archives: May 6, 2020
Missing poll books located; GECOM yet to verify claims dead voters
At the close of the first day of the national recount of votes cast at the March 2, 2020, election,...
Recount Station No. 9 for Reg. 4 stops recount two hours early
Recount Station No. 9, which is one of the work stations assigned to counting ballots for Guyana’s largest voting district...
Baby and 12-Y-old among new COVID-19 cases in Region 10
A one-year-old child and a 12-year-old are among six additional persons who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the...
COVID-19: Health officials battle with contact tracing as persons provide inaccurate info.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud says health officials are having a difficult time conducting contact tracing of COVID-19 victims...
Commonwealth Secretary General calls for full transparency of vote recount
The Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth Patricia Scotland has called for “full transparency” of the vote recount process that...
Woman recounts horrifying details when drunk soldiers crashed into her boat
By Isanella Patoir Twenty-six-year-old Chandanie Khayum remembers fighting for her life after a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) vessel crashed into...
Ballot boxes not being counted in sequential order; Shuman says attempts being made to derail Reg. 4 count
Ballot boxes are not being counted in sequential order, causing some political parties to believe that there is an attempt...
Region One Ballot box flooded, visibility of ballots likely affected
One ballot box from Region One was found filled with water on Wednesday morning as a result of a hole...
PPP expects smooth recount process
Presidential Candidate of the People’ Progressive Party (PPP) Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said he hopes the national recount of votes...
Recount of votes commences
After a two-hour delay, the recount of all votes cast on March 2, 2020, commenced at the Arthur Chung Conference...
Juveniles escape from Sophia Holding Centre
Twelve juvenile inmates broke out of the Sophia Holding Centre sometime after midnight. The News Room understands that five of...
Foreign powers say ‘full transparency of recount vital to credible results’
See below joint statement issued from the Heads of Mission of United States of America, British High Commission, the High...
