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Investigations into the disappearance of 48-year-old Jenny Mohammed, have turned into a murder probe after the woman’s lifeless body was found packed into garbage bags and dumped in a swampy area at the side of the new Eccles to Ogle roadway in a section that leads to the dumpsite. The woman had been reported missing […]
Declaring that the AFC has moved on from the coalition talks, the party’s leader, Nigel Hughes, today said he does not foresee anything positive coming out of another round of talks with the APNU and will therefore move ahead with his party’s plans for the upcoming elections. The APNU recently rejected the latest proposal by […]
APNU Presidential Candidate and PNC Reform Leader, Aubrey Norton today described the move by the Alliance for Change to cancel the membership of three of its members over their decision to appear on the APNU’s list of candidates for the elections as an act of pettiness. Earlier this week, the AFC announced the cancellation of […]
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George in a major ruling this morning declared that the charge of criminal libel is unconstitutional, as she dismissed a charge that had been filed by the Police against overseas based Guyanese human rights and political activist, Rickford Burke. The Acting Chief Justice also ruled that the move by the Police […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Sherod Duncan and former Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, were this morning freed of charges of exciting racial hostility by Magistrate Leron Daly. The charges were filed against the two opposition members back in 2022 during a protest for vendors outside the Georgetown Hospital. In filing the charges then, the Police […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that the more than 700 contracts totaling $10 billion that were recently handed out to small contractors, are for empowerment purposes and should not be seen as any “bribery” to get votes ahead of September’s elections. The Vice President and Works Minister Juan Edghill, met with residents of […]
Foreign Secretary and Chairman of the National Protected Areas Commission, Robert Persaud, has objected to the recently formed, We Invest in Nationhood political party, using the face of the jaguar as its symbol for the upcoming elections. The jaguar is considered the national animal of Guyana, but is not among the national symbols listed in […]
Guyanese billionaire businessman, Azruddin Mohamed, has unveiled his party’s name for the upcoming elections as, “We Invest in Nationhood” (WIN), and the party will use the face of Guyana’s national animal, the jaguar as its symbol. Mohamed is continuing his campaigning across Guyana and is confident of doing well at the elections, even as he […]
By Svetlana Marshall Queries surrounding the operationalization of joinder lists were among the primary issues raised when the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) met this afternoon with representatives of 28 political parties that are hoping to contest the September 1 General and Regional Elections. The issue of the joinder list was raised mostly by the small […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, today dismissed the emerging parties that are throwing their hats in the ring for the upcoming elections. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said together, all of the opposition parties are no match for the PPP and President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister […]
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