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Protests in a number of West Coast Berbice villages are ongoing with more roads being blocked as some are being cleared. This morning, more members of the Riot Squad of the Guyana Police Force were dispatched to the villages including Belladrum where the protests started on Sunday. During a stand-off with protesters this morning as […]
The APNU+AFC Coalition officially filed its election petition cases this morning against the March 2020 elections. APNU+AFC Candidate, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde filed the court documents on behalf of the applicants Claudette Thorne and Heston Bostwick. The two want the Court to determine the legality of the elections and the results that led to the […]
A Clerical Assistant and an Election Clerk attached to the Guyana Elections Commission have been charged with fraud related to the 2020 elections. The two charges were separate and related to two different incidents. In the case of the Clerical Assistant, Enrique Livan, he is facing a charge of unlawfully altering the figures from the […]
Hundreds of residents of Belladrum on the West Coast of Berbice came out in a fiery protest on Sunday against the ongoing detention of Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo who is from the community. From early Sunday morning and into late last night, the residents set fires to tyres and debris as they […]
The Returning Officer for Region Four and the IT Officer who was involved in the tabulation of data from the Region Four votes are both expected in Court this morning to face charges related to allegations of fraud in the 2020 elections. Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo will face a charge of misconduct in public office […]
The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Guyana continues to climb steadily just like the number of new cases. Within a 24-hour timeline, the Ministry of Health announced that Guyana had recorded four additional COVID-19 related deaths. Three of those deaths occurred on Sunday with the other one being recorded late Saturday night. The […]
Saturday’s announcement by the Guyana Defence Force that President Irfaan Ali has approved the promotions of five senior officers could lead to a shake-up in the top brass of the Guyana Defence Force. Heading the list of promotions is Colonel Gary Beaton who has now been promoted to substantive Brigadier. His promotion to the rank […]
The Ministry of Health via its daily COVID-19 dashboard revealed this afternoon that the country recorded three more deaths from COVID-19 today. No detail has been provided about the deaths and the Health Ministry continues to be tightlipped on the surge in new cases and deaths. August has become the deadliest month for COVID-19 in […]
Two businessmen have joined forces to launch a new housing company that intends to build what is being pushed as a modern mega city in Guyana. Under the Construction and Investment Management Group, headed by businessmen, Ragindra Persaud of Nand Persaud Company and Sudama Ramalingum of New Trend Auto, the Maraiko Bay Oceanfront mega project […]
Facing a backlash over plans to revoke land allocations made between January and July of this year, the Ministry of Housing is clarifying that it is only reviewing the allocations and would not want allottees to make additional payments on their lands at this time. In a statement last evening, the Housing Ministry said it […]
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