Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will on Sunday afternoon rule on whether the High Court has the jurisdiction to hear an application seeking to have the tabulation of votes in Region Four at Monday’s general elections done according to the law prior to the declaration of a final result.
The Guyana Police Force today said Sewdat Hansraj, the Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice youth who was fatally shot last night, had been attacking ranks with a cutlass.
Homeline Furnishing and Digicel located in Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, were looted last night, while a number of persons were attacked amidst ongoing political protests in the region.
A petition was filed this morning urging Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards to remove Magistrate Alex Moore from presiding over the proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of masterminding the murder of a Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.
The family of murdered Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt has voiced its full support for the office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and State Prosecutor Stacy Goodings in the handling of the proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of masterminding the crime.
In addition to being a journalist, university lecturer and newly admitted member of the bar, Chevy Devonish is an avid volunteer with various organisations, including the Volunteer Youth Corp.
In “Dear Coast Landerz ah Guyana,”creole poet Gabrielle Mohamed confronts the attitudes of coastland residents to their indigenous counterparts by way of a letter of complaint.
Vidyaratha Kissoon’s “Half of a doubles with tamarind in George-town,” which is the third of four non-fiction pieces we are featuring this month, is an edited version of a post first published on his blog, Thoughts of a Minibus Traveller, which is now in its tenth year.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has revoked the order requiring all prospective voters for the 2020 general and regional elections to verify their registration during the upcoming claims and objections (C&O) process.
“Crekateh” is one of the stories from Daryll Goodchild’s self-published short story collection, Crassin de Rivvah, which was launched last month in Trinidad during Carifesta.
“The Haunting” is a unique take on the issues of cyclic poverty and its impact on generations of people, whose suffering result in issues of mental health, explains writer Akola Thompson.
Curated by Andre Haynes and Dreylan Johnson
“I guess I can be described as a rolling stone, except that, unlike the proverbial stone, I have gathered moss,” says Patrick George, the writer of “The Awakening.”
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided to conclude its national house-to-house registration exercise at the end of this month as it moves towards the holding of general elections “within the shortest time possible.”
Curated by Andre Haynes and Dreylan Johnson
Cosmata Lindie, the writer of “The Birds,” is a 45-year-old clerical assistant who lives in New Amsterdam, Berbice.