Daily Archives: May 20, 2020
789 ballot boxes counted so far
At the end of Wednesday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) completed the recounting of 789 ballot boxes so far. Of...
Eight Presidential Guards tested positive for COVID-19
The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that eight ranks of the Presidential Guard Unit were tested positive with the Coronavirus...
Coalition refuses to sign Region Two certificate on basis of ‘valid votes’
The representative of the APNU+AFC on Wednesday afternoon refused to sign the District Two certificate after all the ballot boxes...
No new COVID-19 cases recorded, Ministry urges men to stay at home
As of May 20, 2020 Guyana recorded no new cases of COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases remains at 125...
Gov’t now approves 7th commercial flight to take out Americans
The Government has now given approval for a commercial flight to take Americans out of Guyana to Miami on Friday....
ExxonMobil Qatar General Manager to lead Guyana operations
ExxonMobil Guyana President Rod Henson will be leaving Guyana in the coming months to take up a new position as...
GECOM in fresh discussions to add more counting stations
One day after it added two new counting stations with the aim of increasing the pace of the recount, the...
Corentyne labourer killed by speeding taxi
A 57-year-old labourer was killed on Wednesday after a speeding taxi struck him off his pedal cycle at Princetown Public...
Lowenfield defends promotion of IT staff in flash drive scandal as recount supervisor
The country’s Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, has defended the promotion of IT staff Enrique Livan to perform the duties...
GT, East Coast men arrested for ganja in vehicle, barrels
Police have arrested a 51-year-old driver/salesman of John Street, Georgetown after a parcel of 284 grams of suspected cannabis was...
PPP proposes range of measures to increase pace of recount
During a meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday, the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) placed several...
Guyanese stuck overseas continue plea to return home
Guyanese stuck abroad as result of the closure of the airports to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus are...
