President David Granger will this morning meet with the recently appointed Chairman and all of the Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission. It will be the first meeting between the President and the full Commission since Justice Claudette Singh took office as the GECOM Chairman last week. The meeting is set to take place at…
…residents benefit from health, educational sessions Over the past four weeks, residents of the Millicent Greaves Senior Home in Durban Backlands benefited from various health and educational exercises which were undertaken by several Social Work students of the University of Guyana (UG). With the students’ objective being to work with the community to ultimately beautify
President David Granger says his Government, which remains in a caretaker mode, will continue to pursue any legal action that would lead to a favourable outcome to have credible elections in Guyana. Following a meeting with the new Chairman of GECOM, Justice (rt’d) Claudette Singh and all six Commissioners at the Ministry of the Presidency,…
Police investigators in Barbados are probing the death of a Guyanese woman who lived on the island. The dead woman has been identified as 27-year-old Annastacia Natashia Angel. Her body was found along the beach at Hastings in the parish of Christ Church on Monday during the crop-over celebrations. She reportedly lived in the same…
…rejects allegations of threatening violence ATTORNEY General, Basil Williams, has rejected what he deemed as libelous statements made by the People’s Progressive Party accusing him of threatening violence if house-to-house registration is not allowed. He pointed to the party’s sordid record in government with three massacres and their alleged operation of several state-sponsored death squads.
Police are investigating the murder of 34-year-old Owayne Lynch, a taxi driver of Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown who was stabbed to death on Cemetery Road, Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara at around 21:45hrs Tuesday night. Police Headquarters in a statement noted that the victim was plying his trade with motor car # PRR…
A row is brewing at the Department of Youth over a decision by the Public Service Commission to send the Director of Youth on administrative leave. In a statement issued last Friday, Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton indicated that the Youth Director, Melissa Carmichael, was sent on leave as a legitimate step in…
(Barbados Nation) The body of the woman found along the beach at Hastings, Christ Church, has been identified as 27-year-old Annastacia Natasha Angel. The Guyanese national, of nearby St Matthias Road, was seen lying at the edge of the water on Grand Kadooment day and was subsequently pulled ashore. A call was made to police.
The Ministry of Finance has approved a contingency allocation of over $400M to undertake emergency sea defence works at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. During the recent spring tide period of July 31 to August 4, 2019, a section of the sea defence earthen embankment at Prospect, Mahaicony was severely eroded, resulting in the intrusion of…
The driver of a Route 42 mini-bus, which plies the Georgetown/Timehri route, lost his life in an early Friday morning smash up at New Hope on the East Bank of Demerara. The dead driver has been identified as 59-year-old Oswald Roberts of Kuru Kururu. The accident occurred just after 6:30 this morning. The mini-bus was…
