Jagdeo resubmits 11 GECOM Chair nominees as Govt. and Opposition teams prepare to meet

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo through his party’s executive member, Gail Teixeira, has put forward the names of eleven persons who were previously rejected by the President for consideration for the GECOM Chairman’s job. The eleven are retired Major General Joe Singh, retired Major General Normal McLean, retired Judges BS Roy and William Ramlall, Private Sector […]

21-year-old stabbed to death by 17-year-old during cards game

Police investigators are probing the murder of a 21-year-old labourer of Kaneville on the East Bank of Demerara. He has been identified as Mervin Squires. He was stabbed to his chest yesterday morning and pronounced dead at the Diamond Hospital. A 17-year-old youth has been held for the murder. Initial reports state that the two […]

64-year-old boat captain receives suspended sentences after guilty plea in gun possession charges

One year shy of officially becoming a pensioner, 64-year-old, Bent Street resident, Joseph Allen found himself before the Courts today facing illegal gun and ammunition charges. He pleaded guilty to the charges and received a two year suspended sentence on each charge. The elderly man appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning and pleaded guilty […]

One year in jail for man who stole motorcycle to buy a horse

There was a Charlestown man who stole a motorcycle and he stole that motorcycle to buy a new horse. He got jail time instead. The 20-year-old, Ken Das, appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus today and admitted to stealing a motorcycle worth $180,000. Das told the Magistrate that he is a horse cart operator but was […]

Coalition would do better at Polls with Clean Voters’ List – says Volda Lawrence

The largest party in the APNU+AFC Coalition, the People’s National Congress Reform is fully behind the President’s position that there must be a clean voters list to ensure credible elections. President David Granger is the Leader of the PNC/Reform, while his Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence, is the party’s Chairperson. It was Lawrence who hosted […]

BREAKING: Money changer and daughter shot dead during robbery

Police investigators have moved into the East Coast community of Better Hope to probe the shooting death of a money changer and his daughter. Dead are Aaron Latchman and his 19-year-old daughter, Arriana Latchman. According to a Police statement, the father and daughter arrived at their Better Hope home around 3 o’ clock this afternoon […]

Granger and Jagdeo agree to appoint team to examine possible nominees for GECOM Chair

A meeting between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was described as “fruitful” as the two sides start the process for the appointment of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The two leaders were accompanied by other representatives of the Government and Opposition at the Ministry of the Presidency meeting this […]