Amid Israel’s attacks on Iran and the recent military escalation in the region, Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali called for an immediate end to the ongoing conflict on Monday as he addressed a forum ceremony hosted to mark the 77th anniversary of the death of the Enmore Martyrs. “We have…
Berbice mechanic feared drowned, goes missing while visiting teen girlfriend in Linden
A 21-year-old mechanic from Brighton Village, West Bank Berbice, is believed to have drowned at Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara River. The Guyana Police Force reported that Nazim Hamid allegedly drowned on Sunday around 16:00 hrs. In a statement on Monday, police said the man’s body had not yet been recovered….
Berbice mechanic feared drowned, goes missing while visiting teen girlfriend in Linden
A 21-year-old mechanic from Brighton Village, West Bank Berbice, is believed to have drowned at Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara River. The Guyana Police Force reported that Nazim Hamid allegedly drowned on Sunday around 16:00 hrs. In a statement on Monday, police said the man’s body had not yet been recovered….
Berbice mechanic feared drowned, goes missing while visiting teen girlfriend in Linden
A 21-year-old mechanic from Brighton Village, West Bank Berbice, is believed to have drowned at Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara River. The Guyana Police Force reported that Nazim Hamid allegedly drowned on Sunday around 16:00 hrs. In a statement on Monday, police said the man’s body had not yet been recovered….
UPDATE: Motorcyclists who died in Berbice accident were speeding, not wearing helmets
Junior Matthews and Stephen Tiloo died in an accident on Sunday night at New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), and Police said they were both speeding. At about 20:55 hrs, Tiloo was riding motorcycle #CP 768 north along the New Amsterdam Public Road, allegedly at a fast rate. Matthews…
GECOM ready for September elections – Gunraj says, laments slow justice for 2020 mayhem
GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj reaffirmed that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is fully prepared to conduct General and Regional Elections on September 1, 2025. He also defended the agency’s efforts to address past failures while lamenting delays in justice for the 2020 election fraud during an appearance on ‘The Starting…
French and English-speaking Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
(Trinidad and Tobago Guardian) Several Caribbean countries were rattled by two earthquakes that occurred within an eight hour period on Monday, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). According to the SRC, the last tremor occurred…
ERC probing ‘vile, hateful’ Facebook comments made by Jennifer Ally
See below the full release: The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) strongly condemns the reprehensible and deeply offensive comments made by Ms. Jennifer Ally on Facebook, directed at the late Adrianna Younge and her grieving family. The Commission is appalled that, during a time of mourning, such vile and hateful expressions…
India believes it has ‘Guyana-like’ potential in oil sector
India is expanding oil and gas production in the Andaman region, an area the government believes holds huge reserves similar to those in Guyana. The country’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri told ANI that the Narendra Modi government is expanding crude exploration and production, greenlighting bid…
77 years later, PPP remembers Enmore Martyrs and recommits to justice, democracy
See below the full statement issued: On this 77th anniversary of the Enmore Martyrs, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) solemnly commemorates the selfless sacrifice of the five slain sugar workers — Rambarran, Pooran, Lallabagee, Surajballi, and Harry. In 1948, confronted with severe social and economic hardships, an oppressive “cut and…
