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Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has brushed aside the Government’s hosting of a National Youth Conference as nothing more than “an election gimmick” in the run up to Local Government Elections. The National Youth Conference is currently being hosted at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre and has brought together Youth Leaders and Youth Groups […]
The Alliance For Change is accusing the People’s Progressive Party of waging a “nasty” campaign in the local government elections and believes the Guyana Elections Commission must address the issue. At a press conference today, the AFC complained that many of its supporters in PPP stronghold areas are being harassed and intimated by the members […]
The Guyana Trades Union is lashing out at Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott, over his decision to appoint a Chairman for the Arbitration process between the Guyana Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education. In a statement this afternoon, the umbrella trade union body said Minister Scott has no legal authority […]
A route 42 mini-bus driver is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital after he was shot to one of his legs by a Georgetown City Constable. The incident occurred this morning in Cornhill Street just outside the old GNCB building where mini-buses were recently relocated. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver, John Paul, got into a […]
A husband and wife from the Railway embankment road in Kitty are now nursing burns and other injuries to their bodies, after a cooking gas bottle exploded in their home this morning. The names of the two persons have not been released, but they were rushed to the hospital this after the explosion demolished a […]
In wake of the post-mortem examination pointing to the cause of death being asphyxiation and compression to the neck, the Guyana Police Force has opened murder investigation into the death of 41-year-old Sherwin Apple. Apple was found dead yesterday morning on the Kitty foreshore as Police were looking to question him about a sex video […]
On the same day that one of two men who was wanted for questioning in connection with a viral sex video took his own life, the other man has been held for questioning by Police. Senior Police sources have this evening confirmed the arrest of a young man who they believe was the other man […]
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has been nominated to be a member of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Executive Board at next year’s World Health Assembly. The announcement came at a Regional Committee meeting for the Americas being hosted by the WHO in Washington DC. Minister Lawrence is attending the meeting. She will serve […]
One of the men in a sex video making the rounds on social media has been found dead, amidst a backdrop of being accused of rape and being castigated on social media his actions in the video. The body of 42-year-old Sherwin Apple aka “Yellow” was found on the seawalls this midday and investigators are […]
Four Prison Officers, who are suspected to have colluded with prisoners to get prohibited items into the Lusignan prison are to face charges. Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels today said based on reports conducted and investigations carried out, Prison Officers worked together to smuggle a bottle of rum and a pack of cigarettes into […]
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