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30-year-old, West Coast Demerara man, Toralpher Simon Harry aka “Harry Makaveli” was stabbed to death this morning by a Venezuelan national during a row near a food stand on the Vreed-en-hoop Public Road. According to a Police report, Harry was in the company of another friend heading home from a show at around 3 o’clock […]
An early morning fire has gutted a section of the Kwakwani Secondary School in Region 10, and an electrical supply problem to the building is being seen as the cause. An alarm was raised at around 3:40am this morning after smoke was seen seeping through the windows of the office of the headteacher. According to […]
A number of GECOM staffers and party agents and at least one Police officer were injured last evening in a multi-vehicular accident while transporting ballot boxes from the Region Six Disciplined Services vote to GECOM headquarters. The accident took place at La Bonne Intention on the East Coast of Demerara. In a statement this morning, […]
As members of the Disciplined Forces voted today, leaders from the six political parties contesting the Elections said the voting process appeared without major incidents. At the Guyana Police Force Officers’ Mess at Eve Leary, President Irfaan Ali told reporters that from his observation, there were no issues. “From what I have seen it is […]
Presidential Candidate of the We Invest in Nationhood, WIN party, Azruddin Mohamed has hailed the Carter Centre pre-election report as welcoming, even as the governing People’s Progressive Party has cast doubt on some sections of the report. The Observer mission, among other things, flagged reports of the use of state resources by the PPP to […]
President Irfaan Ali has rejected the concern by the Carter Center that the governing People’s Progressive Party has been misusing state resources for political campaign purposes. In a pre-election report, The Carter Center said it was in receipt of multiple allegations from political parties and civil society that the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has […]
Deputy Chief Election Officer, Aneal Giddings, this morning said that there was no issue with the opening of the polls for the Disciplined Services vote this morning across the country, as the voting process kicked off for the 2025 elections. “I don’t have no major issue that hampered the opening at all the locations across […]
From the crack of dawn, members of the Disciplined Services were gathered this morning to vote in the 2025 national elections, ahead of the rest of the country. At Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, the polling stations opened promptly at 6am with the Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, being the first to cast his ballot. A […]
Incensed over a pre-election report published by international observer mission, The Carter Center, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today scolded the Elections Observer Mission for attempting to “dictate” the operations of local banks that have taken a decision to cut ties with candidates of We Invest in Nationhood […]
The State is facing a $200 Million lawsuit from the common law wife of 21-year, Linden resident Ronaldo Peters, who was shot and killed earlier this year by the police in Linden. The incident took place back in April, triggering widespread protests. A Police Sergeant has since been charged and remanded to prison over the […]
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