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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 […]
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 […]
A Guyanese family in Brooklyn is desperately searching for their 16-year-old son, who has been missing since August 28. The young man has been identified as Ryan Matthews. He moved to Brooklyn from Guyana along with a brother just over a year ago. The family spent the labour day holiday weekend posting flyers all over […]
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, […]
(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 […]
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 […]
Brazil has recommitted itself to Guyana’s development and has indicated its willingness to continue assisting with the development of the country and the relations between the two bordering South American states. During a reception to celebrate Brazil’s 193rd Independence Anniversary, the country’s Ambassador to Guyana also declared that there is no place for territorial controversies […]
The Guyanese media fraternity was plunged into mourning on Monday with news of the passing of journalist Ursulla Ramdayal. Ms. Ramdayal died on Monday after reportedly suffering a stroke just over a month ago. She worked for over two decades in the local media and last worked as a Communications Officer for the Government Information […]
A 17-year-old young man was rushed to a city hospital yesterday morning after being shot to his chest as he attempted to assist two persons who were being robbed on the Agricola Public Road. According to a police report, the incident occurred just before 8:30 on Monday morning when 17-year-old, Karim Shivratan noticed that two […]
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) for Operations at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company, Aerswar Deonarine is yet to return the $27 Million to the GPL account following a request early in August for the government to grant him additional time. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said on Monday that the matter […]
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