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With plans for the long-awaited Local Government Elections back on track, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will commence its Claims and Objections exercise from today. In a statement over the weekend, the Elections Secretariat said the Claims and Objections exercise is integral to the preparation of the Registers of Voters for the conduct of elections […]
The Guyana Fire Service has announced that it has confirmed that the fire which gutted the Parika market on Friday afternoon was caused by sparks from welding that was being done on a metal structure above the market. In a statement, the Fire Service said that based on its investigations, some of the residue from […]
A Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara man who went back into his burning house to rescue a grandson, perished in a Sunday afternoon fire that has left his community in disbelief. The dead man has been identified as Rajendra Mohabir aka Slowie. According to eyewitnesses, fire engulfed the 7th Street, Windsor Forest house just before […]
Scores of Parika vendors are counting their losses after an afternoon fire gutted a big section of the Parika market, completely destroying more than 50 stalls. Many of the vendors said they were unable to save anything as the fire quickly ripped through the market. It is suspected that the fire might have been ignited […]
All seven members of the Teaching Service Commission have now been sworn in paving the way for the Commission to begin its work. The remaining two members took the oath of office today. The members of the Commission are Ms. Maydha Persaud, Avril Crawford, Doodmattie Singh, Lancelot Baptiste, Joan Ann Davis-Monkhouse, Shafiran Bhajan, Satti Jaisierisingh, […]
Notwithstanding major developments in the Stabroek Block resulting in the discovery of billions of barrels in oil, ExxonMobil remains resolute in its position that the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that it signed with Guyana should not be altered to reflect a higher royalty. There have been calls for a renegotiation of the contract, to […]
A Guyanese man, who US law enforcement authorities consider to be “one of New York’s finch-smuggling kingpins”, has been sentenced to one year in jail after he was busted and found guilty of smuggling birds into the United States. The 62-year-old man, Insaf Ali was arrested in 2018 and 2021 at the JFK Airport while […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall took the stand at the Elections Commission of Inquiry today and testified that in the lead up to the 2020 Elections, the then Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield had made a number of decisions that could have placed supporters of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) […]
With the Government beginning to spend money from its $781.9 billion budget with a heavy focus on infrastructure, the APNU+AFC Opposition believes that there must be strict oversight to minimize waste and address issues of fraud. At the Opposition Leader’s weekly press conference this morning, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said the public procurement system must […]
Elections Commissioner Sase Gunraj today admitted that he did not have the required tag to proceed to the third floor of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre at Ashmin’s Building back in March 2020 when he was reportedly stopped by the then Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers. During his earlier testimony before […]
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