Politics

Store Cleaner and five others remanded to jail for GTT robbery; $2.6M recovered

A cleaner who worked at the GTT Giftland Store and five others were remanded to jail today for last Thursday night’s armed robbery at the store. 25-year-old cleaner Andrea Dover, 30-year-old Piercy Roberts, 27-year-old Ashley Mansfield, 24-year-old Jamal Haley, 24-year-old Ryan Goodluck and 39-year-old Osman Brummel all appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court today where […]

Businessman dies in Mandela Avenue smash-up

Owner of the popular Grill and Jerk Bar on South Road, Nigel Cush lost his life early this morning as a speeding truck slammed into his Toyota SUV as he was making his way home. The smash-up occurred at the corner of Cemetery Road and Mandela Avenue. Cush was driving onto Mandela Avenue from Cemetery […]

Police Detective Dion Bascom slapped with cyber crime charges

Weeks after he publicly accused the Guyana Police Force of allegedly covering up the investigations into the murder of biker, Ricardo Fagundes, Police Detective, Sergeant Dion Bascom was today hit with three cyber crime charges related to statements he made about serving members of the Guyana Police Force. Bascom in two Facebook video posts had […]

GECOM extends Claims and Objections period by 7 days

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that it will extend the ongoing Claims and Objection exercise by seven days to afford eligible persons further opportunities to participate in the process. Persons who are desirous of making a claim to be included in the Official List of Electors (OLE) now have until next Wednesday to […]