Guyana News

Attorney-at-law Latchmie Rahamat is expected to serve as the prosecutor in the preliminary inquiry into the charge against Zaheer Hussein, the Riverview, Ruimveldt man charged with murdering visiting New York resident Alexie Gomes.

The 14-year-old Corentyne lad who was reported missing by his father after he left home with an older friend was on Sunday found at a house in Bloomfield Village, Corentyne.

The University of Guyana (UG), with the support of the Chancellor of the Judiciary and UNICEF, last Thursday launched guidelines to foster more responsible reporting on interpersonal violence.

The obsession with skincare products has led a young Guyanese woman to live her dreams of helping others with stretch marks, cellulite and pigmentations and of boosting their self-confidence, when she founded her own line called Berries Skincare. 

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Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire today ruled that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) endorsed the recount of votes and that the ten old declarations from March 13 cannot be “resurrected”.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire is today ruling in the case brought by Misenga Jones seeking to block the use of recounted votes for the declaration of results from the March 2nd general elections.

There is no escaping that the recount results have to be used for the declaration of the winner of the March 2nd general elections and if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues to face insubordination from staff, then Chairperson Claudette Singh has the powers to declare the results herself, former Attorney General and PPP/C Executive Anil Nandlall says.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) observer team last night said that based on the number of irregularities unearthed by the recount process and witnessed by its observer team, the union has arrived at the “inescapable conclusion” that the results of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections could not be credible. 

The establishment of a fish processing plant at Victoria, East Coast Demerara will have no negative impact on residents as Chairman of the Grove/Haslington Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) , Maureen Philadelphia assured that the plant with be operated in keeping with the highest standards.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is in possession of a supplemented file from the Guyana Police Force on the death of nursing assistant Schenise Apple on July 2nd, 2019.

De facto Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton yesterday condolences to the relatives, friends and fans of Guyana-born painter, Patrick Barrington on his passing.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday wrote de facto Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Police Commissioner Leslie James about gatherings on the perimeters of GECOM in Kingston from the perspectives of public order and the COVID-19 risk.

The approximately 1700 sugar workers who were once employed at the Wales Sugar Estate and facing financial hardships have seen the past four months of the COVID-19 pandemic take an even greater toll on their livelihoods in a manner best described as ‘rubbing salt into the wound’.

The families of Rajesh Singh and Fazil Hakim, the two men who were gunned down more than 12 years ago at a rum shop in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara say that while they are relieved with the recent sentencing of the killer, the death sentence would have been of greater satisfaction.

As he declared the Senior Command and Staff Course 16 open on July 16, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess, challenged the officers pursuing the course to become critical thinkers by going beyond the assimilation of the materials presented in the training modules.

COVID-19 travel restrictions have hampered necessary scheduled maintenance of the year-old multi-million dollar power generation plant at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, de facto Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says.

The common-law wife of an Essequibo Coast man is currently on the run after she reportedly stabbed him about his body following complaints about her father’s behaviour towards him.

COVID-19 cases have risen by nine, according to the Ministry of Public Health’s dashboard for July 19.

Adverting to a speech yesterday by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the UN Resident Coordinator today called for a new social contract here based on inclusion and co-operation.