Last Updated on Saturday, 21 March 2020, 7:58 by Writer The Georgetown Prison was late Friday declared “safe” hours after a fire set by an inmate who is awaiting trial for murder, authorities said. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) says that Officer in Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Olivia Cox reported that at about 4:50pm a fire was set ...

Last Updated on Friday, 20 March 2020, 19:31 by Writer The United States-headquartered Carter Centre’s election observation mission on Friday left Guyana, saying the electoral process has so far ground to a halt and the security environment in the country has declined. “The Carter Center made the difficult decision to have the team leave Guyana earlier today after weighing a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 20 March 2020, 18:00 by Writer The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday began returning shipping container loads of ballots to its headquarters at High and Cowan streets, Kingston, Georgetown, raising concerns that the law was being violated because political parties were not informed about the movement of the ballot boxes. GECOM’s spokeswoman, Yolanda Warde did ...

Last Updated on Friday, 20 March 2020, 16:43 by Writer The High Court on Friday admitted Representative of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) list of candidates, Bharrat Jagdeo and the three small joinder political parties as interested parties in a judicial review of decision to recount ballots of this month’s general and regional elections. The three parties that contested separately ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2020, 21:31 by Writer The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday confirmed that after interactions with officials from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the company has decided to make all Covid-19 hotline numbers toll free. “The decision to make the hotline numbers toll free came as part of the company’s strategic ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2020, 21:56 by Writer Vea a continuación el informe de noticias traducidas de Google Translate servicio. The more than 200 mostly Cuban shoppers, who are stranded in Guyana due to the closure of this country’s two international airports, are expected to leave on emergency flights being facilitated by Guyanese authorities, the Cuban Embassy said ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2020, 18:23 by Writer By Mohabir Anil Nandlall, Attorney-at-Law I read a brief missive from, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, calling upon Major General (Ret’d) Joe Singh to respect the law. In it, he says: “Secondly, as regards to history, I know of the Janet Jagan saga where a recount occurred and was overseen by Caricom, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2020, 18:17 by Writer by Khemraj Ramjattan It is a powerful statement indeed. A number of statements of similar messaging have come my way. Indeed it is stressful and debilitating to have to answer all the time. But as best as I could, I have fallen back on what is the best policy and ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2020, 18:01 by Writer The African Cultural and Development of Association (ACDA) on Thursday said it was committed to resolving Guyana’s current political impasse through a national recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections, but said the winner must share the political power. “A verified recount of all ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2020, 17:51 by Writer The Leader and General Secretary of the Justice For All Party (JFAP) on Thursday called for a total national recount of the votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections, even as the High Court prepares to hear arguments on an injunction that blocked such a Caribbean Community (Caricom)-supervised ...