By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2023
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali, this morning urged Officers of the Guyana Defence Force to always be ready to respond to security challenges that may arise. Delivering the feature address at the Opening of the annual officers’ conference this morning the President said Guyana must take stock of security threats in other countries and prepare itself. He […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2023
Elections, Politics
Facing questions today for a third time about the mayhem and other issues that took place at the GECOM Command Centre during the last elections, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Edgar Thomas alleged that rogue elements within the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) had invaded the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) Command Centre at the Ashmin’s Building putting […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2023
News, Politics
By a majority vote, the Guyana Elections Commission today approved the plan for the Local Government Elections, setting a 22nd May, 2023 date for the local polls. The opposition nominated Commissioners – Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman – abstained on the grounds that a fresh list and a mechanism to curtail multiple voting […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2023
News, Politics
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh has agreed to rescind the appointment of Aneal Giddings as the Commission’s Operations Director with effect from tomorrow, February 8, 2023. Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander made the disclosure this afternoon, shortly after he exited a meeting of the Commission. “At today’s meeting the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2023
News, Politics
The Labour Department is investigating another workplace accident that occurred in the city today. This morning, 43-year-old construction worker Leon Turpin was badly burnt at his worksite after receiving several electrical shocks about his body. Reports suggest that the man was moving a metal pole when it came into contact with a live wire at […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2023
News, Politics
Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes is expected to cross-examine six witnesses who implicated former Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers during their testimonies before Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI). The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh, Elections Commissioner, Sase Gunraj, GECOM’s IT Manager Aneal Giddings, Assistant Commissioner of Police Edgar Thomas, Assistant […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2023
News, Politics
Assistant Commissioner of Police and current Head of the Presidential Guard Unit, Edgar Thomas appeared on the Elections COI witness stand for a third time today as the public hearings resumed. The Assistant Police Commissioner presented his call log for the period covering the early stages of the 2020 Elections including March 5 when pandemonium […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2023
News, Politics
In wake of Acting Chief Justice Roxane George’s admonition, the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) today dispatched a letter to the Attorney General Anil Nandlall with the hope of resolving the ongoing dispute over funding for the organisation. At a press conference this morning, Chairman of IDPADA-G’s Coordinating Council, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2023
News, Politics
The Woodlands Hospital is now offering stem cell therapy for cancer and all diseases. On Saturday, the privately owned hospital launched its stem cell treatment clinic at its Carmichael Street location in Georgetown. President Irfaan Ali who delivered the feature address, threw his government’s support behind the stem-cell treatment clinic and other forms of scientific […]
By News Source Guyana on February 3, 2023
News, Politics
The Full Court has granted a stay application in favour of former President David Granger, pending its determination on whether or not Justice Navendra Singh should preside over the trial into the former president’s $2 billion libel suit against Public Communications Specialist Kit Nascimento, Stabroek News, Kaieteur News and the Guyana Times News Paper. […]