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Another meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission ended this afternoon with no decision on the way forward for early elections and the preparations for those elections. After the meeting, Opposition nominated Commissioner Sase Gunraj said it is clear that “delaying tactics” are ongoing”. He said there is the need for elections in a timely manner […]
While declaring that no level of crime is acceptable, Citizenship Minister and former Police Commissioner, Winston Felix, is crediting the APNU+AFC Coalition for arresting Guyana’s crime situation over the past four years. At the PNC Reform’s weekly press conference this morning, Mr. Felix noted that serious crimes are down by 25% from 2014. “The PNCR […]
Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, today assured that despite the “hysteria” created in some sections of the media and by political elements on the number of Haitians visiting Guyana, no Haitian national has been found to be involved in trafficking in persons or people smuggling, as a victim or as a perpetrator. Speaking at the […]
More than a week after charges were recommended by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Airport Manager, Andrew Kellman found himself before a city Magistrate facing a sexual assault charge. The 56-year-old Campbellville resident is accused of kissing a female employee attached to a company that operates at the Airport without her consent. The incident […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Bishop Juan Edghill joined the group formerly known as the Movement Against Parking Meters, in a protest outside the President’s Office today, calling for early elections. The small group now sells itself as the Mass Action People’s Movement. Mr. Edghill used the protest to tear into members of civil society, saying […]
With the Guyana Elections Commission still to decide on a way forward with its preparations for early elections, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes the Commission must move with more readiness. At his weekly press briefing this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo echoed the sentiments of other members of his party that the Commission should end the ongoing […]
The issue of local content for the oil and gas sector took centre stage at a forum on oil and gas organised by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry. At the Wednesday evening event at the Duke Lodge, Professor Leyland Lucas, who is the Dean of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, warned […]
Police on the East Coast of Demerara are probing the stabbing death of a 44-year-old woman at the hands of her husband. The dead woman has been identified as Vinette Headley-James. She was stabbed repeatedly to the body by her husband, Sherlock James during an argument at their Nabaclis home. According to reports, the two […]
A Meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission ended this afternoon with no decision made on how the Commission will move forward with preparations for early elections. The Chairman and Commissioners spent three hours in discussions with the Commissioners representing their respective positions on the house-to-house registration issue. The Chairman and Commissioners spent a good part […]
Passengers of an American Airlines plane that was taxiing the runway at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport early this morning were forced to return to the terminal after the plane struck what is believed to be a circuit box for runway lights and suffered a blow out of three of its tires. One passenger who […]
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