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Guyanese and Caribbean musician and music educator, Derry Etkins, died Saturday at the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was recovering from a minor surgery, close associates said. Etkins, said to be in his mid-60s, worked several years in Barbados and the British Virgin Islands. At the time of his death, he was a Music Lecturer at the  Cyril Potter College ...

The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party  (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday cited A Partnership for National Unity’s criticisms of the credibility of the March 2 general elections to frown on the idea of power-sharing. His remarks came one day after Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton for the first time  released figures to buttress its claims of ...

(Caribbean Business Report) Antigua and Barbuda has indicated that it is prepared to acquire the shares of the financially strapped Irish-owned telecommunications company, Digicel, if it is unable to provide a service there in the future. Earlier this week, Digicel Group One Ltd, the Bermuda-based holding company, announced that it had gone into provisional liquidation there and had also filed for Chapter ...

Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)—The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help Guyana and seven other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nations cushion the impact of the coronavirus, COVID-19. The other countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and ...

The incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday claimed it so so far uncovered a total of 1,528 anomalies, accusing the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) of rigging the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. “We have moved from anomalies to clear fraud and rigging,”  Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey ...

Four Guyanese have been arrested in neighbouring Suriname for alleged possession of drugs. Surinamese police say their Narcotics Brigade and Intelligence Unit raided a home at Christophel Kersten Straat. Three women and a man of Guyanese descent were arrested at that location. In keeping with the practice in Suriname, the full names of arrested persons are not released by police. ...

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Friday held a special meeting to consider the applications of various groups of Guyanese stranded overseas as a result of COVID-19 emergency measures and who have requested returning to Guyana.  Following is the text of a Task Force statement: Within the controlled re-entry policy, the NCTF has approved the return of approximately 300 ...

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Thursday said those who are alleging irregularities in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections would have to prove their case. “While I continue to monitor the trends based on the allegations in the observation reports; I am of the view that, he who asserts must ...

The Carter Center  on Thursday said it is deeply disappointed by the government of Guyana’s decision not to approve its recent requests to allow two accredited international observers to return to Guyana to observe the ongoing recount and the remainder of Guyana’s electoral process. The Center, which has been engaged in Guyana’s political landscape since 1990, hopes that the recount ...

An A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) representative refused to sign the certificates of tabulation of votes cast in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) but two election commissioners said Wednesday night that the certificates are still valid. The issue first came to the fore when presidential candidate for The Citizenship Initiative , Rohnda Lam said, “APNU+AFC representative refuses to sign ...