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Two PPP nominated Commissioners resign from GECOM; Robeson Benn and Bibi Shadick to serve as replacements

Two People’s Progressive Party nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have resigned. The two Commissioners are Mahamood Shaw and Athmaram Mangar. The resignations were confirmed by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday. He said that two names have already been submitted as replacements for the resigned members. He gave the reasons for the […]

Guyanese man found murdered in West Palm Beach, Florida

Police in West Palm Beach, Florida are investigating the murder of a Guyanese man who lived in the area and was discovered dead last Friday. Thirty-one year old, Michael Sears was reported missing on August 28. His body was found on Friday, September 4, 2015 in a lake close to his house in West Palm […]

Broomes and Labour Department team make Regent Street business sweep

Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes along with a team from the Labour department on Tuesday visited several Regent Street, Georgetown businesses as complaints of labour violations across the country continue to mount. The impromptu visit and inspection by the Minister and her team unearthed several violations of the country’s labour regulations, […]

Dr. Rowley discharges Kamla from Office as PNM wins T&T elections

(T&T Guardian) The People’s National Movement’s fourth leader, Dr Keith Rowley, now Prime Minister-elect, will be T&T’s second Tobago-born Prime Minister following yesterday’s 2015 general election victory. Rowley follows Tobago-born late Prime Minister Arthur NR Robinson into history in this regard. Mammoth cheers from supporters went up at PNM’s Balisier House headquarters at 11.40 pm […]

Couchie cocaine woman remanded to prison

Twenty-year-old Guyanese woman, Oshanda Nicholas was remanded to prison on Monday after being charged for drug trafficking. The Sussex Street, Georgetown resident was busted at the Ogle International Airport on Friday with just over a pound of cocaine concealed in her vagina. CANU officers discovered the concealed substance while the woman was preparing to board […]