May 6, 2020

At the close of the first day of the national recount of votes cast at the March 2, 2020, election, the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) is reporting that it has been able to address several of the issues that arose. GECOM’s Public…

Recount Station No. 9, which is one of the work stations assigned to counting ballots for Guyana’s largest voting district – Region Four – ceased counting votes at 5 pm Wednesday – two hours before the process was scheduled to conclude.…

A one-year-old child and a 12-year-old are among six additional persons who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Region Ten Regional Health and Emergency Committee (RHEC) has announced. The children are among six new cases…

Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud says health officials are having a difficult time conducting contact tracing of COVID-19 victims because persons are providing inaccurate information. In Wednesday’s daily update, Dr Persaud noted…

The Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth Patricia Scotland has called for “full transparency” of the vote recount process that commenced Wednesday morning. “I welcome the commencement of the recount process in #Guyana today.…

By Isanella Patoir Twenty-six-year-old Chandanie Khayum remembers fighting for her life after a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) vessel crashed into the boat she was in with her husband Ryan Khayum and two other relatives - Carl Defreitas and…

Ballot boxes are not being counted in sequential order, causing some political parties to believe that there is an attempt to derail the recount process, especially for Region Four. APNU+AFC Executive Member David Patterson told…

One ballot box from Region One was found filled with water on Wednesday morning as a result of a hole in the container which caused rainwater to get into the box over the last month. This is likely to affect the visibility of ballots and…

Presidential Candidate of the People’ Progressive Party (PPP) Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said he hopes the national recount of votes underway at the Arthur Chung Conference Center will be a smooth process. “We’re hopeful that the staff (of…

After a two-hour delay, the recount of all votes cast on March 2, 2020, commenced at the Arthur Chung Conference Center Wednesday. The recount started with Districts One and Three. A number of issues hampered the start to the recount…