The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will soon be equipped with a rig that will drill through rocks to access water in Rupununi, Region Nine. According to a statement from the water company, the rig will make a significant difference in the quality of water provided in the villages of Apoteri, Rewa and Crashwater. Those villages…

When the big parties wrapped up with their nomination process, focused turned to many of the new parties that will be contesting the polls for the very first time. The Change Guyana party headed by businessman Robert Badal intends to take its campaign across the country although it will not be contesting in every region.…

…as coalition submits lists of candidates for March polls  President David Granger says he is confident that the  APNU+AFC has submitted “the winning lists” of candidates to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to contest the Regional and General elections on March 2, 2020. The President was accompanied to the venue at the Umana Yana by

Talks between the Federal United Party (FedUP) and A New and United Guyana (ANUG) to form a coalition to contest the upcoming elections collapsed hours before Nominations Day. On Friday, both parties submitted separate lists to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to contest the General and Regional Elections. Speaking with the media after making his…

Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed his disappointment over recent decisions coming out of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Jagdeo raised concern about GECOM recent move to begin a process to correct the information contained on the Revised Voters List to include information gathered during the…

…police issues wanted bulletin Reports are that the Turkish authorities are seeking the extradition of former General Manager of the Ramada Princess Hotel, Ugur Turetgen. The Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for  the 44-year old Turetgen whose last address was given as Track ‘B’ Block ‘Z’ Providence, East Bank Demerara. The police said

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is currently updating its database with names and addresses of persons who made changes during the truncated House-to-House registration exercise and the Claims and Objections period. However, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is afraid that thousands of persons will be disenfranchised on Elections Day as a result of ongoing changes using…

The Guyana Police Force this morning issued a wanted bulletin for the General Manager of the Ramada Princess Hotel, Turkish national Ugur Turetgen. According to the bulletin, Turetgen is wanted for fraud and immigration violations. While the Guyana Police Force did not offer details of the alleged crimes, News Source understands that the fraud charge…

A post-mortem examination of the two lifeless bodies which were found in a bathtub in a room at the Aracari Resort on the West Bank of Demerara on Sunday, points to a murder/suicide. The autopsy, which was conducted by pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on the bodies of twenty-six-year-old Kevin Singh of Lot 18 Triumph, East

“Khemraj Ramjattan will be my Prime Minister,” President David Granger declared Wednesday night in Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, hours after he said he had not chosen or nominated a Prime Ministerial Candidate and would only do so until after the March 02 elections. “Khemraj and I have signed on the dotted line,” the President declared.…