Guyana News

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today expressed grave concern that a unilateral change in the location of polling places could disenfranchise voters and it called on GECOM to promptly reverse the last-minute alterations.

Opposition-appointed members of GECOM yesterday charged  that late changes were made to the list of polling places by the Chief Election Officer (CEO) without their knowledge, adding to concerns raised by the PPP that its supporters could be disadvantaged on polling day.

CANU on Saturday evening intercepted 61 lbs of suspected cocaine on a go-fast boat at the Parika Backdam and two men are in custody and a third who allegedly issued threats is being sought.

The army corporal who sustained burns on 90% of his body following a fireworks explosion on Saturday died  yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The opposition PPP has written the Guyana Elections Commission over allegations of inducement by Minister of Communities Annette Ferguson, who it said on the eve of voting by the disciplined services held a secret meeting with some members where she promised house lots if they voted her government back into office.

Director General, Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon on Thursday commissioned a $38M Immigration Office at Independence Avenue, MacKenzie, Linden.

Work has finally begun on a new campus building for St Rose’s High School on Church Street and is expected to be completed by August next year.

Two weeks have passed since former national cyclist Jude Bentley lost his life in an accident and his frustrated family has said that they are “clueless” about the police investigation into the matter.

A thirteen-year-old female of West Demerara, who had filed a sexual assault complaint against a pandit with the police on Monday last has committed suicide. 

Lolita Callendar, called ‘Lola Doll,’ who was found guilty of assaulting fellow make-up artist Onika Pompey, on Friday began paying compensation for the damage caused by the attack.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Guyanese man is now in po­lice cus­tody af­ter he was found cov­ered in blood by po­lice of­fi­cers when they re­spond­ed to a do­mes­tic ar­gu­ment at a house in El Do­ra­do yes­ter­day.

Corporal Seon Rose of the Guyana Defence Force died this morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital following severe injuries he sustained in yesterday’s fireworks explosion which injured seven others.

The governing APNU+AFC coalition’s prime ministerial candidate Khemraj Ramjattan has defended the use of state resources including a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopter and the live streaming capabilities of the Department of Information (DPI) for their elections campaign, calling it the “advantage of incumbency.”

Eight soldiers were injured, including three who suffered severe burns, following an explosion of fireworks at the Coast Guard Headquarters, at Ruimveldt yesterday afternoon.

A newly-commissioned water treatment plant at Uitvlugt will be benefitting almost 22,000 residents in 10 communities on the West Coast of Demerara.

Sixty-six persons, including Guyanese-British singer Eddy Grant, activist Mark Benschop and former First Lady Varshnie Singh are the newest national awardees.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that 8,369 of the 10,226 registered disciplined services voters cast their ballots during early voting last Friday for the general and regional elections.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been alerted to an alleged attempt by a soldier to vote more than once during last Friday’s early voting for the general elections.

Vivian Henry, the APNU+AFC activist who is alleged to have been assaulted by supporters of another political party in Region Two last Wednesday, says he can think of no motive outside of his political activism for the attack.

The skeletal remains of an unidentified person were discovered at the Number 37 Village, West Coast Berbice foreshore on Friday.