[BBC] – US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In a televised address on Wednesday, he said all travel from Europe would be suspended for the next 30 days. But he said the “strong but necessary” restrictions would not apply…

As Guyana awaits the ruling by Chief Justice Roxanne George on the elections case taken to the Court by the People’s Progressive Party against the Elections Commission, the British Government has issued a call for the President to preserve the principle of free, fair and credible elections. In a statement on Tuesday evening, British Foreign…

An Orealla, Corentyne River resident was placed on $35,000 bail after he was found with six grams of cocaine in his possession. Roberto Jabar appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Springlands Magistrate Court on Tuesday where he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The charge alleged on Thursday 5th

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will lead a delegation of regional Prime Ministers on a special two-day mission to Guyana, starting tomorrow March 11. The chairman of CARICOM will be joined by Prime Ministers Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Keith Mitchell of Grenada. In an effort to…

The Guyana Press Association has issued a call on all political leaders and other stakeholders to cease and desist from creating conditions for the perpetuation of media harassment and the dampening of press freedom. It has already informed its Caribbean and international counterparts about the situation in Guyana. The association said it has noted with…

…Chief Justice rules in jurisdiction case on Region Four votes …injunction blocking declarations remains CHIEF Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire, ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to determine whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, followed the correct procedure before declaring the total number of votes for District Four in the General and

Please see below full statement by the People’s Progressive Party: The statement made by the APNU+AFC Coalition’s David Granger is unsurprisingly typical of what Guyanese have come to expect from him – claims about upholding the rule of law, when the Judiciary has found him in violation of the Constitution and laws more times than…

PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo met this morning with members of the Elections Observer team from the OAS headed by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. According to a statement from the PPP, during the meeting, Mr. Jagdeo raised a number of issues of concern. He told the OAS that there appears to be an…

…GECOM says it will abide by the laws, legal procedures Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire today ruled that the Court has jurisdiction to hear an application intended to block the declaration of the results for the 2020 General and Regional Elections until the Region Four votes are completely verified. In her highly anticipated ruling handed

Guyana’s Chief Justice on Sunday said a case has been made out that the head of Guyana’s largest electoral district had breached the electoral laws and she upheld an injunction blocking a declaration of a winner in the March 2 polls. The Chief Justice, Roxane George, will begin hearing the case on March 10 and…