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Three Fishermen, including two teenagers, were this afternoon charged and remanded to jail over the chopping death of a 20-year-old man from Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. The dead man has been identified as Alvin aka Chuckaloo. 19-year-old, Arnold Bruce Kennedy, 19-year-old Tavish Mangra and 26-year-old, Richie Mahase, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and were not […]
A Guyanese registered cargo vessel has been busted with more than 95 pounds of cocaine in Tortola. According to reports out of the British Virgin Islands, the vessel carrying the name “Krautsand” was nabbed at the Port of Purcell with the illegal cargo. The bust took place on July 18 after the vessel arrived in […]
A group of Guyanese craft producers staged a protest in front of the CARICOM Secretariat this morning to raise their concern and dissatisfaction with the way they are being treated by the organisers of CARIFESTA. The group of craft producers will be part of Guyana’s contingent to the regional festival which is being hosted in […]
The Instrument Landing System at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport is getting an upgrade. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has inked a contract with Canadian based company, IntelCan for the upgrade and installation of the Instrument Landing Systems at the main airport. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the Instrument Landing System is a precision […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party is holding firm to its decision to be non-cooperative with the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise. In a statement last evening, the PPP said it will not accept any voter’s list that will be generated from the house-to-house registration. The Elections Commission intends to use the ongoing registration process as part […]
Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, has announced that the Guyana Elections Commission has increased the number of staff members in the field conducting house-to-house regulation. Speaking to reporters this morning at the High Court, Mr. Lowenfield said the process has been progressing with satisfaction. “We have many more teams on the frontend and people are […]
Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire this morning denied a request by Attorney Christopher Ram for the Court to grant an order to stop the house-to-house exercise by the Guyana Elections Commission. Attorney Anil Nandlall who represented the interests of Christopher Ram in the matter, told the media after that “the Chief Justice did not grant the […]
Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield in a missive this afternoon informed the Private Sector Commission (PSC) that its request for house-to-house registration to be discontinued is not one which will be forthcoming. Chairman of the PSC, Captain Gerry Gouveia had written Lowenfield over the weekend calling for registration exercise to be suspended while accusing […]
Chartered Accountant and Attorney Christopher Ram has moved to the Court seeking a Conservatory Order to prohibit the Guyana Elections Commission, the Chief Elections Officer, and or the Commissioner of National Registration from conducting or continuing to conduct the current House to House Registration process. Mr. Ram also wants the Court to grant an order […]
In a letter to the Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, the Private Sector of Commission issued a call for the house-to-house registration exercise to be suspended, while accusing the Elections Commission of being involved in an illegal process. The letter was signed by PSC Chairman, Captain Gerry Gouveia and mirrored many of […]
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