March 20, 2020

Statement on the political situation by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana 2020.03.20 ____________ Guyanese, Today marks 18 days since we all cast our ballots at the 2nd March 2020…

The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries has expressed deep concern about the prevailing political situation in Guyana. Below is the full statement from the ACP: On behalf of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group…

The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission on Friday announced that it will depart Guyana in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A very brief statement  from the EU called “on all stakeholders to complete the electoral process in a…

Guyana has received $11.4 Billion (US $55M) for the first lift of the country’s one million barrels of oil, which was sold to Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited in February. Finance Minister Winston Jordon disclosed that the money…

(Reuters) - China’s state-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd is scheduled to load in the coming days its first cargo of crude from Guyana’s offshore Liza oil project, the South American country’s Director of Energy Mark Bynoe said. CNOOC…

Containers with ballot boxes were on Friday removed from the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on the East Coast and taken back to the Kingston, Georgetown headquarters of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The containers were taken…

The Carter Center observer mission Friday announced that it has withdrawn its electoral experts and international observers from Guyana but noted that they are willing to return when the electoral process resumes. A statement from the…

Nic Coward, the new chairman of UK Athletics, has suggested that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics should be postponed because of the coronavirus crisis. It comes amid the cancellation of key qualifying events and mounting athlete criticism of the…

A 40-year-old former member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was on Friday slapped with a manslaughter charge following the death of 24-year-old Akeem Ceaser, a miner of Wismar, Linden. Devon Harris also known as "Tall-man"  of…

Some of the major local gyms have shut their doors as part of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Space Gym on Croal Street, Georgetown, closed on Friday for 12 days, noting that all membership and subscription fees already paid…