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A proposal by opposition nominated Election Commissioner Vincent Alexander for the incarcerated to be allowed to vote in the 2025 General and Regional Elections, received fierce objections today from the Government nominated Commissioners when the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) met. Alexander has based his proposal on Article 159 of the Constitution, which states that Guyanese […]
Senior Superintendent of Police, Himnauth Sawh is among four Guyanese that have been sanctioned by the US Government for reported links to drug trafficking the Colombian drug trafficking underworld. In a statement today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control named the Senior Superintendent of Police Himnauth Sawh along with businessman […]
A 28-year-old truck driver from Queenstown on the Essequibo Coast lost his life tragically on Wednesday night in a smash-up involving two trucks. The dead man has been identified as Kevin Bacchus. A Police report stated that another truck being driven by 43-year-old Jairam Sukhu was proceeding north in the western drive lane along the […]
The Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force is to begin arming its ranks with tasers for them to use whenever they find themselves in confrontations with motorists. Traffic Chief, Senior Superintendent, Mahendra Singh has warned that persons resisting law enforcement will be tased. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force said the new measure […]
President Irfaan Ali, while not denying that he did offer some assistance to businessman turned politician Azruddin Mohamed over four years ago with the Customs clearance of a luxury sports car, today said the invoice with the true value of the car was never presented to him. In response to a video statement that was […]
The Canadian homicide investigator, who spent a week in Guyana reviewing the Guyana Police investigations of the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge has expressed surprise at the level of medical and pathological investigation done on the body of the young girl. The investigator, Leonard McCoshen, in a summary of his findings provided by the Guyana […]
A second autopsy was completed on the body of 11-year-old Adriana Younge on Thursday in the US State of Georgia, and the Chief Medical Examiner who conducted the autopsy, Dr. Carol Terry, said based on her observations, the first autopsy was done correctly and thoroughly. However, she said there still needs to be a very […]
Facing criminal charges of tax evasion and false declarations in relation to the importation of a luxury car, businessman and Presidential hopeful Azruddin Mohamed has stated that it was President Irfaan Ali who assisted and facilitated the importation of the luxury vehicle back in 2020. Speaking to reporters after posting bail on the criminal charges […]
Billionaire Businessman and Presidential hopeful, Azruddin Mohamed was placed on a total of $500,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty after he was charged with fraudulent declaration and tax evasion in relation to the purchase of a luxury vehicle back in 2020. Mr. Mohamed, who remains sanctioned by the US Government over tax […]
A 70-year-old man from Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara lost his life tragically early this morning during a robbery, according to the Police. The Police said the elderly man, whose name was given as “Deonarine” was at home with his 69-year-old wife this morning when two masked men barged into their home. The […]
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