By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2019
News, Politics
As Guyana gears up for early elections, a group of supporters and activists of the governing APNU+AFC coalition picketed the Guyana Elections Commission today to press the Commission to continue with its house-to-house registration and ensure a clean list for the elections. With the Caribbean Court of Justice ruling that the no-confidence motion against the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 20, 2019
News
With support from the Government of India, the Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) was opened today at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus. The establishment of the Centre was part of a partnership between the Governments of Guyana and India. The Centre is expected to cater to building the human resource capacity that […]
By News Source Guyana on June 20, 2019
News
The State Department of the United States released its 2019 Trafficking In Persons report this morning and is offering some praise for Guyana as the country continues its fight against trafficking in persons. According to the report, the Guyana government has continued “to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period”. Guyana remains on […]
By News Source Guyana on June 20, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, today said he is ready to engage with the President on the appointment of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his Thursday press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said it is important for the process to move forward with the appointment of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 20, 2019
Crime, News
The 26-year-old Albouystown man who was three weeks ago convicted of the murder of Linden bus driver and pastor, Elvis Lorrimer, has been slapped with a life in prison sentence. The convict, Kerry Cromwell was back in Court this morning before Justice Navindra Singh for sentencing after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Crime, News
The owner of the Liquid Love nightclub, who was recently sentenced to 12 months in jail for withholding the passports of two Venezuelan women and employing a child, has now been slapped with an additional 15-year prison sentence. A shocked Savita Persaud stood in the Magistrates’ Court this morning as the Chief Magistrate handed down […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has written to the Police Commissioner and the Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission over statements made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance at a public meeting in Bartica. In the letters, PPP Executive Gail Teixeira said the government’s position of “no registration, no election”, should be […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Crime, News
With the Guyana Prison Service stepping up efforts to clamp down on the smuggling of contraband items into the prisons, another Prison Officer has found himself facing charges before the Courts. The 22-year-old Prison Officer, Keon Webster, was today remanded to jail after he was charged with the smuggling of marijuana into the prison. The […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
by Ravin Singh Following the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice that the motion of no-confidence against the Government was valid, the administration maintains that a new registration process must take place to allow for a new voters list before elections can take place. The position was articulated by several senior members of the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
News, Politics
One day after the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the President’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission was “flawed”, President Granger wants the Court to identify the flaw. Speaking to reporters at his office this morning, the President maintained that he acted within the Constitution on the appointment of a […]