Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo Monday afternoon claimed that the chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM, Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh, has revoked the September 26th 2019 order which required persons on the Preliminary List of Electors to present themselves along with their ID cards for verification at GECOM offices countrywide in order for them to…

In a joint statement today, the US, UK and EU Missions in Guyana indicated their support to ensure free and fair elections in Guyana. The statement came a day after President David Granger confirmed that elections will be held on the 2nd March 2020. The three foreign missions indicated that they have taken note of…

THERE were huge wins for Soesdyke, St Pius and North Georgetown as the 2019 edition of the COURTS Pee Wee Football tournament continued yesterday. In the day’s opening game, Mocha won via walkover from J.E. Burnham with Mae’s getting the better of Enterprise 2-1, thanks to a brace from Elijah Bynoe (38th, 40th) who cancelled

Hundreds of livestock and acres of rice lands on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are under threat after salt water flooded the lands at Prospect, Glazier’s Lust, Columbia, Fairfield and Dantzig, Mahaicony. The plots of land from the public road leading to the seaside in these areas are used mainly for rearing of livestock…

Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a young man in Linden on Saturday night. The man’s girlfriend was injured in the attack. Dead is Ian Williams aka OJ, while his girlfriend Onika Benjamain remains hospitalised with gunshot injuries. Williams was driving his car through Amelia’s ward with his girlfriend at his side, when…

Hours after he was feared drowned, the body of  Kenneth Craig called ‘Buttin,’ was fished out  of the  No. 66 Fisheries Canal on the Corentyne, just after 2145hrs on Friday. The 40-year old labourer of Lot 106, Number 66 Village, was seen earlier on Friday standing in a boat, catching fish along the shoreline close

Days after Qatar signed an Air Services Agreement with Guyana, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced that a delegation from the Arab country will be visiting in the coming months. “In the coming months, a delegation from Qatar will be visiting Guyana to explore business opportunities in the aviation sector to establish a presence…

A disagreement over cigarettes turned into a full out brawl in Alberttown last evening, claiming the lives of the two men who were involved in the brawl. The two men, Jermain Adrian Jeffrey and a vendor known only as “rastaman” got into a confrontation at around 9:30 on Friday night when Jeffrey turned up at…

IT’S time for the weekend again people, and it’s time to keep you in the loop with what’s ‘buzzing’ in and around Guyana. The biggest event of the week will no doubt be the highly anticipated Soca and Wine over at Lusignan. Many are also looking forward to seeing Jamaica artiste Tommy Lee perform in

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Nicholas Boyer on Friday urged women to take up leadership roles in the business sector. As the GCCI opened its second annual business development forum at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, Boyer said the Chamber will also be using the forum to push female…