…President says key cabinet meeting this week could help arrive at elections date PRESIDENT David Granger said he will announce a date for General and Regional Elections soon, noting that a meeting with his Cabinet this week is critical to the process. On Sunday, while delivering the keynote address at the Second Annual General Meeting
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) Monday afternoon called on President David Granger to name a date for elections without “further prevarication or delay.” Please see below full statement from the PSC: The Private Sector Commission (PSC) preferred to wait and give the Chairman of GECOM, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, time, since her appointment on 29th…
The Commonwealth group of countries has joined the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union in calling on President David Granger to set a date for elections now that the Elections Commission has indicated that it will be ready by the end of February 2020. In an early morning statement, the Commonwealth Secretary-General,…
– says enough evidence available to lay charges of murder, drug trafficking OUTRAGED that convicted drug lord, Shaheed “Roger” Khan, was not charged upon arrival in Guyana for the atrocities committed here, the ‘Mourning Families and Friends in White’ are calling on the Guyana Police Force to ensure that there is no stone left unturned
By Isanella Patoir A massive and devastating fire ripped through four buildings at the Vreed-en-Hoop junction on the West Coast of Demerara early Sunday morning. In the aftermath, the remains of two male Chinese nationals were found while a clothing boutique known as Nauth’s Fashion, a Chinese restaurant, Robin’s bookstore, a Chinese supermarket and the…
The remains of two persons were found this morning as Fire investigators and the Police went through the debris of an early morning fire that gutted a Chinese supermarket and several other businesses at New Road, Vreed-en-hoop. The identities of the two persons who perished in the fire have not been ascertained, but they are…
…President says PPP hooliganism, vulgarity will not go unpunished –urges Port Kaituma residents to make crucial choice between the civility and thuggery President David Granger has warned that “somebody will pay” for holding hostage Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Karen Cummings during what many described as a lawless PPP protest outside of the Pegasus Hotel
A thirty-three-year-old woman who is five months pregnant is currently hospitalised after she suffered severe injuries from a savage beating at the hands of her partner on Tuesday last. Swarswattie Etwaroo of Corentyne Berbice remains a patient at a public hospital in the region four days after her husband attacked and beat her about the…
Convicted Guyanese drug kingpin, Shaheed Roger Khan walked off of an American Airlines flight and onto local soil late on Friday night, more than 13 years since he was last here. He was handed over to local law enforcement agents by US agents at the Cheddi Jagan Airport and quickly whisked off to the Criminal…
THE Guyanese of Indian Ancestry Association (GIAA) will be holding its first-ever food fest and curry competition in the parking lot of the Leonora Stadium on September 22, 2019. Persons are invited to enjoy the various delicacies which the GIAA assured will certainly tantalise the taste buds. If not drawn by the aroma of the
