By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
With the Claims and Objections period set to begin tomorrow, the Guyana Elections Commission has revealed that the Preliminary List of Electors will contain the names of 646, 625 persons. That figure was pulled from the original National Register of Registrants and according to GECOM’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Warde, the Preliminary List of Electors […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2019
News, Politics
A number of government departments and agencies are getting set to increase their response to those flooded communities as more floodwaters could be on the way. According to a statement from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, the spring tides will continue until the 2nd October, 2019. The Ministry’s Sea and River Defence Department is currently […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2019
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a young man in Linden on Saturday night. The man’s girlfriend was injured in the attack. Dead is Ian Williams aka OJ, while his girlfriend Onika Benjamain remains hospitalised with gunshot injuries. Williams was driving his car through Amelia’s ward with his girlfriend at his side, when […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2019
Crime, News
A disagreement over cigarettes turned into a full out brawl in Alberttown last evening, claiming the lives of the two men who were involved in the brawl. The two men, Jermain Adrian Jeffrey and a vendor known only as “rastaman” got into a confrontation at around 9:30 on Friday night when Jeffrey turned up at […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
In a joint statement today, the US, UK and EU Missions in Guyana indicated their support to ensure free and fair elections in Guyana. The statement came a day after President David Granger confirmed that elections will be held on the 2nd March 2020. The three foreign missions indicated that they have taken note of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2019
Crime, News
A 42-year-old businesswoman who was allegedly caught with a quantity of cocaine was today charged for cocaine trafficking and remanded to jail. It is alleged, that the woman, Samantha Hubbard was nabbed with just over five ounces of cocaine in her handbag on Wednesday. She was in the Charlotte Street area at the time. The […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
With an elections date set, the People’s National Congress Reform, which is the largest party in the coalition government, is encouraging citizens who were not registered during the recently aborted house-to-house registration to ensure they get registered during the claims and objections period. The Guyana Elections Commission has announced that the claims and objections period […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2019
News, Politics
Four days after the Bank of Guyana blocked the sale of Scotiabank Guyana operations to Republic Bank, Scotiabank is indicating that it intends to continue doing business as usual in Guyana. In a brief statement today, Scotiabank said it will continue to deliver business as usual and focus on the best long-term solution for its […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today confirmed that the Claims and Objections (C&O) exercise for the elections will begin on the 1st October and it will run until the 18th November. In a statement, the Commission said persons will have until the 11th November, 2019 to make a claim to be included on the list […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2019
Crime, News
A young officer of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit who attempted to extort money from an outgoing passenger will be fired, according to senior sources at the drug enforcement agency. The man was questioned after an outgoing passenger claimed that he attempted to extort money from her by claiming that marijuana had been found in […]