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While there are calls for an independent investigation into the claims made by a police detective that there has been a Police cover-up of a murder investigation, the Acting Police Commissioner last evening dismissed the claims as “unfounded”. In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Police Commissioner said Police Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom has […]
Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander has tabled a motion at the Commission calling on the electoral body to recommend to the Government that biometric be considered as it takes legislative steps to reform Guyana’s Electoral System. Biometric technology in elections is intended to prevent electoral fraud such as identity theft and multiple voting. In the motion, […]
The Guyana Elections Commission is looking at a timeline of late November or early December to host local government elections. Local government elections were last held in 2018. Chairperson of GECOM, retired Justice Claudette Singh explained today that with the Commission set to begin a claims and objections period soon, the process will continue for […]
Unhappy with the ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George on the President’s unilateral appointment of Clifton Hicken as Acting Police Commissioner, the Opposition has filed an appeal in the matter. Last week, the Chief Justice ruled that in the absence of a Leader of the Opposition and a Police Service Commission being in place at […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey today promised to intervene if there are attempts to stymie or influence the investigations into claims made by CID rank Dion Bascom against senior members of the Guyana Police Force. Bascom has alleged that a major Police cover-up might have hampered the investigations into the murder of popular biker, Ricardo Fagundes aka […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today announced that it will commence a Claims and Objections exercise from next Monday to produce an Official List of Electors (OLE) ahead of Local Government polls. The exercise will be conducted at all the GECOM permanent Registration Offices in the ten (10) Administrative Regions. During the Claims and Objections […]
Veteran politician and former General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee took the oath of office this morning as a new PPP-nominated Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, taking up the seat left by Bibi Shadick who passed away on Saturday. Mr. Rohee took the oath of office before President Irfaan Ali […]
Two men are in custody for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Perseverance, East Bank Demerara youth, Owen Young. The murder took place at around 10pm on Saturday. A police report said Young and the two suspects were involved in a heated argument when one of the suspects suddenly stabbed the youth to his neck with […]
35-year-old Natoya Narine of Linden became the latest accident victim of the Soesdyke-Linden highway on Sunday when she lost control of her car as she was heading to Georgetown. Narine was driving in the Loo creek area when she reportedly lost control resulting in the car flipping over several times before it came to a […]
Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Janette Bulkan believes that oil company ExxonMobil and other operators within the Petroleum Industry are being “given free rein” by the Guyanese Government to dominate the country’s marine space, thereby, superseding the legal and customary rights of fishers. The situation, she said, has resulted in a […]
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