Police have arrested a South Ruimveldt, Georgetown mechanic after he allegedly struck down a 39-year old woman and drove away from the scene along the Fort Canje Public Road,New Amsterdam around 20:40hrs on Saturday evening. Dead is Raquel Edwards of Levi Dam, Plantation Mount Sinai, New Amsterdam.She would have celebrated her 40th birthday today.She was
The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC), which is made up of 21 communities of the indigenous Wapichan people in the South Rupununi, have expressed grave concern over what they say is the undermining of Village Councils’ efforts to keep the COVID-19 disease out of our villages and are demanding an end to mining until the…
Three days after the Guyana Elections Commission engaged Health Officials from the National COVID-19 Task Force on a proposal to add six more workstations to the Arthur Chung Convention Centre for the vote recount, the Commission is still awaiting a report from the health authorities. GECOM reached out to the Task Force for advice on…
Hours after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest, Donald Shariff, aged 29 years, known as ‘Ducky’ of Lot 11 Patrick Dam, Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam was arrested at Mahdia. The man was wanted for the murder of fellow villager Keron Nicholson. Regional Commander Superintendent Ramesh Ashram, accompanied by Detective Sergeant
Coalition leader Khemraj Ramjattan Saturday described the PPP as the most well-oiled elections machinery in the Caribbean and accused the party of throwing “red meat” at their supporters to make them feel comfortable about a victory, but he said that’s what the Coalition has also been doing. But even though accusing the PPP of bluffing,…
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the US Embassy that Guyana’s Airports are still closed as part of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and therefore it may not be possible for the Carter Center and the International Republican Institute to be allowed in to observe the ongoing vote…
A 28-year-old security guard was on Friday charged for the gruesome murder of his 58-year-old mother-in-law Velma Pickering. Linden Junior Isaacs of Strathspey Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was arraigned before Magistrate Melissa Mittelholzer at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on Friday morning and was not required to plea to the capital offence. It is
Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Wayne Wesley has confirmed that the CSEC and CAPE exams will take place in July 2020. Approval was granted on Friday last for the exams to be held in July by CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD); the results will be made available…
The Guyana Elections Commission is set to meet on Friday to make a decision on extending the timeline for the vote recount and adding additional counting stations. The Commission is hoping to add six more workstations to the current ten. Today, Health Officials from the COVID-19 Task Force visited the recount site to look at…
…Coalition slams Bruce Golding for alleged partisan, biased report on elections …says the former Jamaica PM is a PPP ally, should not be taken seriously IN dubbing Bruce Golding’s position on Guyana’s Elections as “wholly partisan and biased,” Executive Member of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), Joseph Harmon, said
