A 40-year-old mini-bus driver, who is currently awaiting a High Court trial for rape, was today sentenced to six weeks in jail after being found guilty of assault. The man, Adrian Brandt, who told the Court that he is a father of 19 children, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and admitted to the offence. With…

– over 2,200 undergoing training in Georgetown – a total of 11,500 to be trained ahead of elections IN preparation of the imminent General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Saturday, commenced the process of training polling day staff. This includes the training of presiding officers, assistant presiding officers, ballot clerks, poll

Police are investigating the murder of a man, who is so far only identified as “Muff” which occurred at around 21:30hrs Saturday at Kumaka, Region One. The News Room was reliably informed that the victim and the 21-year-old suspect known as “Callis” were liming at a bar at Kumaka when they got into a heated …

The UK based Virgin Atlantic Airline is eyeing the Guyana market and once all goes well, the airline could possibly start its service to Guyana in 2020. Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson announced on Friday that a top official of the airline has reached out to the Government. “They were on a Skype call…

…Guyana condemns Russia for military base accusation …calls on Moscow to retract statement immediately THE Government of Guyana on Friday deemed “utterly false” and “baseless” a statement made by a Russian diplomat that Venezuelans are being trained here at a military base to launch destabilisation activities in the Bolivarian Republic. In a statement issued on

After four years in Government, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) which has repeatedly lashed out at the APNU+AFC coalition for failing to meet its campaign promises, said it wants to be a part of the decision making process in the Government. Executive member of the WPA, Dr Hinds explained that over the past four years,…

The 66-year-old man who was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with over 200 grams of cocaine stashed in his shoes has been charged and remanded to jail. The accused, Roderick Andrew Chase, appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Providence Magistrates’ Court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge. It is…

…AG says PPP sought similar order at CCJ and was refused …maintains GECOM can compile a register as was done in 2008 ATTORNEY General, Basil Williams said the statement by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire regarding the removal of persons from the National Register of Registrants seems more like a suggestion to the Guyana Elections

Following the presentation of the 2019 Mid-year report which shows a four per cent growth in the economy, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said the statements made by the private sector about a decline in business are unfounded. “The Private Sector Commission has this habit of trotting out figures. I’ve had a number of meetings…at which…

Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire this afternoon ruled that the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise is not illegal and is not unconstitutional. However, she also indicated that there is no residency requirement for registration. The Chief Justice also ruled that the Court cannot set a date or timeline by which elections should be held. The applicant, Christopher…