Linden Mayor leads Councillors in protest against Local Government Commission over Town Clerk’s appointment

By Svetlana Marshall Demanding that ‘good governance prevails,’ the Linden Mayor and members of his Town Council picketed the Office of the Local Government Commission today over moves by the Commission to appoint Government Political Activist Lennox Gasper as the Municipal Town Clerk.  The protesters said the process has already been “botched” by the Local […]

Robbery victim dies from stab wounds after killing alleged attacker

A party in the East Coast Demerara village of Victoria ended tragically early Sunday morning after two men lost their lives in a cutlass attack. Police are investigating the two murders. The two dead men have been identified as 24-year-old Yoffi Bobb and 26-year-old William Montrose. According to a Police statement, William Montrose was at […]

Agriculture Minister injured in West Berbice accident

Agriculture Minister Zulfcar Mustapha is nursing a number of injuries after a speeding car slammed into his Government assigned vehicle, while he was leaving the West Coas Berbice area yesterday. Surveillance video captured from a nearby CCTV camera showed the Minister’s vehicle and another Ministry of Agriculture vehicle moving slowing along the roadway when a […]

Fallen Servicemen remembered as silent heroes in a troubling time

Hundreds of Guyanese on Friday paid their last respects to four of the servicemen who died tragically in a helicopter crash last week while in service to the country.  The men – Brigadier Gary Beaton, Colonel Michael Shahoud, Lt. Colonel Sean Welcome, and Staff Sergeant Jason Khan – were remembered as ‘silent heroes,’ visionary leaders, […]

Patterson sues State over block from leaving country

Three months after he was barred from leaving the country, Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson is suing the State. Patterson, who is an Executive Member of the AFC, filed a Fixed Date Application in the High Court on Tuesday, seeking an award of damages in excess of $100,000, in addition to exemplary damages, for […]