Daily Archives: May 29, 2020
784 ballot boxes outstanding in recount process
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has a total of 784 ballot boxes that remain to be counted. At the end...
Woman, child killed after tree falls on kitchen
Tragedy struck a Kambaru Village, Region Seven family Thursday evening after a tree fell on their kitchen while they were...
PPP GECOM Commissioners unaware of letter to Chief Immigration Officer
Opposition nominated Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Sase Gunraj on Friday questioned the source of a letter written...
Regions 1 & 7 account for 16% of COVID-19 cases; males 29-35 mostly affected
No new case of COVID-19 was confirmed on Friday but the Ministry of Public Health is concerned about the increase...
Guyana now projected to record 785 COVID-19 cases; PAHO supports phased re-opening of economy
By Bibi Khatoon Guyana is now projected to record 784 cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the Pan...
GECOM writes Chief Immigration Officer on claims of migrants voting
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has embarked on its own investigation following allegations that citizens who migrated or were not...
PAHO says all frontline workers should be tested, donates 4,000 COVID-19 test kits
The Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) on Friday donated 4,000 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kits to the Ministry...
Mother still in shock after daughter dies in Rupert Craig Highway accident
By Isanella Patoir Forty-four-year old Anita Ramjit, a mother of three of Lusignan Pasture, East Coast Demerara (ECD) remains in...
Chinese Embassy donates 30,000 face masks to City Hall
The People’s Government of Fuzhou China, through the Chinese Embassy, on Friday donated 30,000 face masks to the Mayor and...
41 persons placed on $10,000 bail for breaking curfew in Georgetown `
Officers of the Georgetown City Constabulary Department have arrested 41 persons for breaking the 6 am to 6pm curfew. “They...
Int’l Court sets June 30 to hear Guyana/Venezuela border case via videoconference
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday announced that the public hearings of the Guyana/Venezuela border case will be...
GECOM sets June 13 deadline to complete recount and 3 days later to declare results
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has set June 13 as the deadline to complete the national vote recount; it has...
