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28-year-old Sparendaam construction worker, Kevin Springer, was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of 44-year-old Joseph Forde, who was also a construction worker. Forde died last Friday after being brutally attacked and chopped about his body. In Court today, Kevin Springer was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo was today re-elected unopposed as the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party. The recently elected Central Committee of the party met today to elect the members of the Central Executive Committee and the party’s secretaries. Agriculture Minister Zulficar Mustapha has been re-elected to the post of Executive Secretary and President […]
With the Government holding firm to its position that it will only negotiate salaries for teachers from this year moving forward and not the 2019-to 2023 period, the Guyana Teachers’ Union has announced that a decision has been taken for teachers to resume their strike action. At a press conference today, GTU officials said the […]
The case against the former Chief Elections Officer (CEO); Keith Lowenfield, the former Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers; and the Region Four Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo, who along with several others have been accused of electoral fraud, has been adjourned to May 29, as the High Court continues to treat with the […]
The People’s Progressive Party has adopted a resolution supporting the stance of the country on the border controversy with neighboring Venezuela. During the discussions at the party’s recent 32nd Congress, the PPP recommitted itself to the case that Guyana has filed against Venezuela at the International Court. The governing party said the government must use […]
Police investigators have launched a probe into the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy from Kitty in Georgetown. The incident occurred early on Monday morning at Gordon Street in Kitty, and investigators have revealed that a 22-year-old man is the main suspect. According to a report from the Police, just before 1 o’ clock on […]
A 52-year-old man lost his life yesterday morning while working on the construction of a concrete septic tank. The incident occurred at the Eccles Industrial site on the East Bank of Demerara, and claimed the life of Zheng Shun Liu. According to a Police report, the man who works with a construction company, was working […]
Scandal-plagued former Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall, is among the big vote getters emerging from the People’s Progressive Party’s Congress, having finished with the sixth highest number of votes to sit on the party’s Central Executive Committee. Mr. Dharamlall’s tenure as Minister came to an end after he was accused of raping a high […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has elected a new Central Committee, to run the affairs of the party. President Irfaan Ali emerged with the most votes for a position on the Central Committee, followed by current General Secretary of the PPP, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. The PPP’s Congress wrapped up today following the election […]
Special Report by Nazima Raghubir A dark cloud looming over the Barima River gives residents of Imbotero a sliver of hope that relief to their water woes is on the horizon. Last Saturday, Simon Lakhan spent four hours in his farm tending to crops while also clearing some additional land for farming. But Lakhan, who […]
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