Guyana News

Residents in Mon Repos will be voting at a total of five polling places on Monday following the approval of three additional sites by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), which yesterday declared that it is in a state of readiness.

A Mahdia, Region Eight driver died yesterday after being accidentally shot by a police sergeant.

Moments after being handed three life sentences for the three persons killed in a fire, which he set to their Sophia home back in 2015, Gavin Graham wreaked havoc in the courtroom of Justice Sandil Kissoon, causing injury to the prosecutor, whom his mother also assaulted.

Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best has been charged in relation to the February 8th crash that claimed the life of cyclist Jude Bentley but has not yet been arraigned since he is currently  “crisscrossing” the country ahead of the Monday’s General and Regional Elections.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) last evening confirmed that a Presiding Officer was fired after she was found to be publicly campaigning for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).

A 58-year-old pedal cyclist died on Sunday evening after she was struck down by a car driven by a police officer along the Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara Public Road.

Police are yet to establish the motive behind the shooting which claimed the life of Collissa Hunte, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, and left ex-lawman Teon Allen nursing a gunshot wound, Regional Com-mander Hugh Winter says.

A North Road, Bourda man was shot early Friday morning and is now currently nursing his wounds at a city hospital.

Negotiations between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) continued yesterday with no resolution so the two sides will meet after Monday’s general and regional elections to discuss a proposal that 2019’s retroactive payments be staggered throughout this year.

A miner was yesterday charged with murdering his drinking companion during a fight at a Port Kaituma bar.

A taxi driver has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

A homeless man has been sentenced to two weeks in jail after admitting that he “forgot” that he was given money to make a purchase for a Water Street vendor.

Two members of the Brahma Kumaris faith escaped unhurt yesterday after a fire of unknown origin gutted the Raja Yoga Centre at Kingston, Georgetown.

Peter Ramcharran, the former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant who was recently sentenced for fraud, was injured yesterday while making his way into a city court for a report ahead of his next trial.

Trinidad and Tobago firm Commissiong and Company Limited is suing the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) for US$291,055, which is equivalent to just over GY$60 million for what it says is breach of contract.

Based on her interactions with various stakeholders, the Chief of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observer Mission Cynthia Combie-Combie-Martyr says she believes that Guyana is ready for Monday’s polls.

The European Union Delegation Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) yesterday deployed 20 short-term observers to complement its long-term observers in monitoring polling activities across the country. 

Up to Tuesday, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) had officially written to parties contesting the upcoming polls, including the incumbent APNU+AFC and the opposition PPP/C, to cite them for public utterances, behaviour and ads “deemed unhelpful” to the promotion of harmony and tolerance.

The achievements for women under the APNU+AFC administration were celebrated at a rally at Parade Ground in Georgetown on Thursday evening.

Businessman Fazaad Hameed is refuting claims of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) that he smuggled chicken into the country, while saying that he believes he is being targeted by the agency.