…SC Jeremie tells Appellate Court results of elections must be declared using ROs’ declarations …GECOM Chair disagrees, pleads with Court not to aid and abet in electoral fraud …Appeal Court to hand down its decision on Thursday By Svetlana Marshall IN a legal battle of words that spanned more than five hours on Saturday, former…
By Avenash Ramzan Cricket’s most prolific runscorer Sachin Tendulkar has repeatedly said: “Don’t stop chasing dreams, because dreams do come true.” Winning the 2011 World Cup, after five previous failed attempts at the game’s global showpiece, was the manifestation of not giving up in the pursuit of excellence. Inspired by India’s success in the 1983…
The three small parties that are likely to share one seat in parliament regardless of how the final election results turn out, do not plan to hold any talks with the APNU+AFC following the coalition’s statement that it remains committed to dialogue with political stakeholders. In separate but similar statements, A New and United Guyana,…
—attorneys say case political, personal, of nuisance value CHIEF Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, was granted $450,000 bail on Friday, following his appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to three private criminal charges brought against him for alleged fraud and misconduct. However, lawyers representing the CEO blasted the prosecutors for being ill-prepared, attempting…
By Avenash Ramzan For the four national boxers stranded in Cuba, the idiom ‘there is no place like home’ will forever be etched in their consciousness. After 126 long, gruelling and uncomfortable days, Colin Lewis, Keevin Allicock, Desmond Amsterdam and Dennis Thomas touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on a Caribbean Airlines flight…
Guyana has recorded one more death and one more case of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The person passed away on Monday but the coronavirus test results became available today. While not releasing any details on the 20th person to die from the virus in Guyana, the Ministry of Public Health revealed this…
Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old gold miner who reportedly drowned at Nine Miles Kuburi Backdam on Wednesday. Dead is Roger Alert of Brighton Village Corentyne Berbice. Police Headquarters said he was employed in the said backdam on an operation owned by his father. On the day in question, he was heading to…
Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a 23-year-old La Penitence man outside his Middle Road home. The dead youth has been identified as Navindra Samaroo. He worked as a Sales Representative for a phone card company. According to persons in the area, Samaroo was leaving his home this afternoon when two men pounced…
…says it is time to end electoral impasse …but stresses that only ‘valid votes’ should be used to declare results By Svetlana Marshall EXTENDING an ‘olive branch’ to the opposition and stakeholders that are key to the electoral process, the ruling A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition said it is…
See fulll statement from the Hydromet office below: Tropical Storm Gonzalo. The National Hurricane Centre has informed the territories in the Northern Atlantic and Caribbean Basins of the formation of the seventh tropical system of the 2020 Northern Atlantic and Caribbean Hurricane season. This system was first reported as a Tropical Depression at 17:00 hrs…
