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The political parties and independent candidates competing in today’s local government elections have been encouraging eligible registered voters to ensure they go out and cast their ballots. The Guyana Elections Commission is reminding voters that the absence of a national ID card cannot prevent a registered elector for casting his ballot. Public Relations Officer at […]
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, believes that there could be attempts today by some voters to vote more than once in the Local Government Elections. Although there has been no report of any such attempt, Mr. Jadgeo told reporters this morning that he has asked the polling day […]
Moments after casting his ballot for Local Government Elections at the National Aquatic Centre, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo called on the Guyana Elections Commission to look into reports of voter intimidation taking place in some communities in the Berbice area. The Prime Minister told reporters that he has received reports of supporters of the People’s […]
The Private Sector Commission is calling on employers across the country to release their workers and allow them to go out and cast their ballot on this Local Government Elections Day. In a statement, the Commission said that in consideration of the importance of the Local Government Elections to Guyana’s democracy, it urges all employers […]
On Saturday, the Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, joined forces to destroy more than 950 pounds of cocaine and over 1000 pounds of marijuana. The illegal drugs were seized by the two agencies during various operations. Yesterday, the two agencies moved under heavy security to a location along the Linden Soesdyke […]
They were the first to rush to the scene of Friday’s Fly Jamaica crash at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to offer help to passengers, but now investigators believe some local firefighters may have also helped themselves to the belongings of the passengers and crew in the process. Up to late Friday evening, at least ten […]
As the investigations get underway into the crash of a Fly Jamaica flight during an emergency landing at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Director General of Guyana’s Civil Aviation Authority has said that data from the plane’s flight data recorder (black box) will be key to the probe. The Toronto bound Fly Jamaica flight […]
by Gordon Moseley Six passengers were injured this morning as a Fly Jamaica 757 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport. The flight with 120 passengers and eight crew members departed Guyana for Toronto, Canada just after 2 o’ clock this morning. However, less than thirty minutes into the […]
A pastor from the West Coast of Demerara and one of his friends were killed in a vehicle smash up in neighbouring Suriname as they made their way to the capital, Parimaribo. One of the dead men has been identified as Apostle Patrick Tulsie of the Stream of Living Water Fellowship Church of Cornelia Ida, […]
Police investigators in Linden have arrested a 44-year-old man after he allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a 6-year-old girl. The man, Selwyn Lancaster, was taken into Police custody on Tuesday night after the mother of the child filed a complaint against him. The alleged incident reportedly took place at the home of the child’s […]
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