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Hours after the Police announced their arrest, three Linden men were today charged and remanded to jail for setting fire to the Guyana Elections Commission Wismar building back in July 2020. The three 21-year-old, Marlon Hunter, 48-year-old Bryon Kendal and 23-year-old Teon February appeared this afternoon before Magistrate Wanda Fortune in the Linden Magistrates’ Court […]
With the Guyana Elections Commission set to debate a motion to remove Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, and Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, the Chief Elections Officer is putting up a fight. Mr. Lowenfield has approached the High Court asking that the Court grants an Order to restrain Commissioners Sase […]
The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that ranks from its Criminal Investigations Department on Thursday evening arrested the driver for the Region 10 Chairman as part of an ongoing investigation. The driver, Roy Marshall, was at his home when a group of men in plainclothes who said they were Police Officers turned up at his […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced the arrest of three Lindeners who are set to face charges for setting fire to the Linden GECOM office one year ago. In its statement on Thursday night, the Police claim that two of the suspects, 23-year-old Teon February and 21-year-old Marlon Hunter have confessed to the crime during […]
Facing a backlog of matters and financial reports to scrutinize, the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly has agreed to meet twice per week instead of the once per week meeting that was customary. The Committee held its first full meeting on Wednesday under new Chairman, Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira. Its next […]
US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch has indicated the US government’s readiness to assist Guyana in its climate change fight as the international community gears up for the International Climate Change Conference later this year. The US itself only rejoined the Paris Climate Change Accord recently following the change of government there. During a dinner […]
The decomposed body of a Berbice tailor was found this morning in the #43 village Backdam in Corentyne, four days’ after he went missing. The dead man was identified as 57-year-old Floyd Austin of Empson village, Corentyne. Austin was last seen alive on Sunday when he left his home for the Backdam where he farms. […]
The Government of Guyana has benefitted from US$1.8M in additional financial assistance, as part of the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM). The funds will go toward further boosting the Ministry of Health’s ongoing COVID-19 emergency response, according to Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony. Guyana recently submitted a request to the Global Fund asking […]
A row between a 51-year-old Leguan farmer and his nephew ended tragically on Wednesday as the farmer was beaten to death by the nephew. The entire incident was caught on camera by another relative. Dead is Aubrey Jonas called “Badja”. According to a Police statement, the man and his 23-year-old nephew got into a heated […]
Describing the recently filed Opposition no-confidence motions against two of his Ministers as being without structure and lacking thought, President Irfaan Ali described the move as nothing more than political drama. Speaking to reporters this afternoon on the East Coast of Demerara, the President appeared unimpressed by the Opposition’s move to get his Health and […]
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