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By Svetlana Marshall As part of ongoing efforts to have the rights of LGBTQIA+ persons recognized in Guyana, SASOD Guyana today launched its 2025 Manifesto ahead of the September 1 Elections, with the hopes of having the next Parliament eliminate all discriminatory laws against members of the LGBT community. The manifesto, which builds on the […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has welcomed the ruling of Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George that the appointment of Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken after the age of 55 was not unlawful. During his weekly programme “Issues in the News”, Mr. Nandlall noted that the Court found that no Constitutional or Statutory prohibition prevents the President […]
Two persons were shot dead and at least six others injured late on Tuesday night in a suspected gang related shooting in the East Coast Demerara village of Buxton. The incident took place at around 11:47pm on Tuesday, according to the Police. The two dead persons have been identified as 17-year-old, Leon McFarlene and 38-year-old, […]
Social media star and political activist for the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Bradley Sampson aka “Doggy”, is wanted by the Guyana Police Force after he was caught on camera assaulting and threatening a woman with a gun in hand at the Cuffy Square in Georgetown. Sampson has since apologised over the incident and […]
Former Minister of Local Government and longtime Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party, Nigel Dharamlall is on the national candidates’ list of the People’s Progressive Party Civic for the upcoming elections. Dharamlall resigned as Minister of Local Government in 2023 at the height of rape allegations leveled against him by a teenage school girl. […]
Director of the National Intelligence & Security Agency, Colonel Sheldon Howell, has stated that the advancement in Guyana’s national security architecture is seeing results, noting that the country is now in a better position to detect crime and criminality by the use of drones and other technological tools. Speaking during the Government produced programme “Safeguarding […]
Former APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, who also once served as an Executive of the Working People’s Alliance, has now joined the We Invest in Nationhood party, and is listed as a Candidate for the party at the upcoming elections. Speaking with News Source on Monday after the party handed in its candidates’ list, […]
With the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) estimating that there will be 2,785 polling places setup across the country on Election Day, the Presidential Candidate for the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes believes that in the spirit of “transparency,” the State should fund the deployment of polling agents from all political parties to those polling […]
A 16-year-old young man from Corentyne, Berbice died tragically on Sunday night, triggering a full investigation by lawmen. The youth’s name has been given as Justin Smith. While Smith’s family believe he was murdered, the Police said it is in receipt of statements from eyewitnesses who have claimed that young man was involved in an […]
A 26-year-old man, who the Police said was a suspect in the robbery of a Chinese businessman in Linden, was shot dead by the Police in Amelia’s Ward, Linden on Monday night. The Police identified the dead man as Shamar Prince, of Wall Street, Amelia’s Ward. In a statement, this afternoon, the Police said a […]
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