Thandeka Percival

Both the Treasurer and Town Clerk of Corriverton have been invited by the Local Government Commission (LGC) to show cause why they should not be disciplined for providing the Town Council with inaccurate information on the finances of the municipality.

President David Granger and his representatives have been accused by the Opposition of failing to act in “good faith” after they made eight nominations and  refused to engage in discussion about the 11 names nominated by Opposition Leader for Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

By Thandeka Percival Head of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) Trevor Benn yesterday discredited accusations of corruption levelled against the agency by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo.

While Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday claimed the APNU+AFC government has been in a “mad rush” to allocate prime state lands to key officials and alleged supporters since the December 21st no-confidence vote, Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn has labelled his statements as misinformation.

Local social media personality Melissa Atwell, popularly known as ‘Melly Mel,’ is preparing to bring a case against the Guyana Police Force (GPF) after she was detained for 12 hours on Friday following a series of Facebook posts she made compiling complaints against Dr.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) incorporated continues to miss key benchmarks in the delivery of service including in both the frequency and duration of blackouts. 

Bank of Guyana Governor Gobind Ganga will be meeting with Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited today and he says it has to refund for all fraudulent activity on its Visa International Debit Cards.

Over the next three years, communities in regions One and Nine will benefit from an India-UN Development Partnership Fund (UNDPF) project geared towards a 10 per cent reduction of adolescent pregnancy within indigenous communities.

Geeta Chandan-Edmond, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), resigned yesterday after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo directed that the decision to fire Sherod Duncan from the post of General Manager of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle be rescinded even as she maintained that due process was followed.

The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) established to facilitate the privatisation of the three sugar estates closed by the APNU+AFC government is hoping to complete its first sale in July even as it says it is battling to access information from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

A seven-year-old girl was killed yesterday after she was struck by a truck along the Agricola public road, resulting in her body being cut in half.

The Official List of Electors expired yesterday, hours after another Statutory Meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) came to a premature end.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday commissioned the Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre for Behavioural Research and Science  (CeBeReS), and also launched a Master’s in Clinical Psychology degree programme.

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired judge James Patterson, has notified President David Granger that the Commission will be ready to host general and regional elections by late November following the completion of a new national house-to-house registration process.

An Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) inquiry into the hiring practices at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) received no evidence of any particular ethnicity being given preferential treatment but qualified the finding by saying the Human Resources Manager’s refusal to cooperate did not allow for extensive deliberations to arrive at a more informed conclusion.

Residents of the Lombard Street squatting area were all smiles yesterday as 20 families were allocated house lots by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

It has been 10 months since Gopaul Etwaroo was rescued from a pig pen at the back of his father’s North Sophia home and the young man, who doctors say is on the autistic spectrum, has finally found a home.

With the advantages of a valid list of electors and a pool of trained staff, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was in a position to hold elections within 90 days with time to spare, former Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Vishnu Persaud told Stabroek News in an exclusive interview yesterday.

A key meeting between President David Granger and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ended yesterday with no election date set and the seven-member commission has been asked to continue with poll preparations even as it seeks agreement on when “credible” elections can be held.

President David Granger has urged the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) to begin preparations for general and regional elections (GRE) and has said government will initiate measures to make the required funding available.