Guyana News

The Heads of the British High Commission, the US Embassy and the European Union here today congratulated those nominated for the general and regional elections and the Guyana Elections Commission for a smoothly run process. 

A total of 13 parties yesterday submitted candidates’ lists to contest the upcoming March 2nd general and regional elections, with the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition, the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), and the United Republican Party (URP) being the only ones seeking to run in all 10 regions.

Buoyed by a multitude of screaming supporters, President David Granger yesterday declared that the governing APNU+AFC had the “winning” slate for the upcoming March 2nd polls.

Former PNCR parliamentarian Anthony Vieira, businessman Deodat Indar and attorney Sanjeev Datadin are among the new additions on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) lists of candidates for the March 2nd general elections.

A newspaper vendor was killed last night after two men, both armed, invaded his Essequibo Coast home in an attempted robbery.

A senior citizen is now dead after he was crushed to death by a truck along the Enmore Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD), shortly after midday yesterday, as he was riding his bicycle.

Kokers being left open during the spring tide in order to irrigate drought-stricken farmlands on Leguan, in Region Three, resulted in dozens of homes on the island being flooded yesterday.

Bauxite miner Bosai will be fined approximately $1 million for a spill from the company’s tailings pond that occurred on Thursday morning, affecting the environment and residents in the Linden community of Noitgedacht, and has also been ordered to halt the discharge of waste into the pond.

Representative of the List: David Arthur Granger Deputy Representative of the List: Khemraj Ramjattan 1.      

Representative of the List: Bharrat Jagdeo 1.       David Adams 2.      Dwayne Adams 3.     

A Corentyne pastor is now nursing injuries after he was beaten by three bandits who invaded his home during the wee hours of Thursday morning. 

A 57-year-old labourer, who is accused of fatally stabbing Plaisance shopkeeper Sharon Burnett on Monday morning, was remanded to prison on Thursday after being charged with murder.

A senior police officer in Region Six has been identified as the person who gave instructions to release the driver who struck a pensioner on the pedestrian crossing along the Nigg Public Road on station bail before the 72 hours within which he could be held without charge had elapsed.

The Guyana Police Force last night said that it was investigating a senior police officer for alleged sexual assault.

Three-year-old Hampton Court Nursery School pupil Chayanne Parboo is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and is in urgent need of A+ blood which is vital for her survival.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Karen Cummings on Thursday appointed Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer for Guyana Gregory Dean as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Businessman and chartered accountant Deodat Indar has endorsed the candidacy of Irfaan Ali for the presidency of Guyana at the upcoming general elections.

Today between 1 and 5 pm the largest number of political parties ever to contest a General and Regional Election (GRE) in Guyana is expected to descend on the Umana Yana and submit their lists of Candidates for the much anticipated March 2, 2020 elections.

Two weeks after bauxite miner, Bosai was fined $1 million for waste water discharges from its tailings pond into the Kara Kara Creek, an apparent  breach in the dyke surrounding the pond has led to flooding in the Linden community of Noitgedacht.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the APNU+AFC government of using recently approved contracts as a means to “siphon money” from the public treasury.