Guyana News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has enough time between now and April 30 when the current voters’ list becomes invalid to hold elections, according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo who yesterday warned that once this period passes the government becomes illegitimate.

Wayne Anthony Chester, called ‘Sharky’, of 236 Section C, Block Y, Diamond Housing Scheme, was yesterday charged with the 2017 murder of Purcell Moore at Craig Village, East Bank Demerara.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday called for a swift resolution of the issues surrounding the motion of no-confidence passed against the government and urged both sides to pledge to respect the outcome when the court rules.

A shopkeeper was yesterday charged with the murder of an indigenous village leader.

Insisting that he did not know beforehand that Charrandass Persaud would defect and vote for the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the government, PPP member Peter Ramsaroop yesterday said that he agreed to facilitate the former MP’s safe exit from the country because of their close friendship.

The lifeless body of a 46-year-old man was on Monday afternoon discovered in an abandoned house at Enterprise, East Coast Demerara and an autopsy yesterday showed that he was strangled to death.

The PPP has started preparations for general and regional elections and its list of candidates will be ready for Nomination Day which should be in the first two weeks in February, according to the party’s General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo.

Despite the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) recording a 6.22% decrease in declarations last year, after 613,073 ounces of gold were declared at the end of December 2018, the company has projected an output of 651,000 oz.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) founded by Lenox Shuman, the former toshao of St Cuthbert’s Mission and former deputy chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), will be launched on Saturday at the Georgetown Club.

The PPP is open to engagement and will not ignore or cast aside without listening or carefully considering, any arrangement that will focus on serving the people and bringing greater ethnic, religious and other securities to the country, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says.

A traffic officer attached to the Providence Police Station was yesterday afternoon struck down by a motor car while directing traffic at Eccles, on the East Bank Public Road.

Two men were yesterday afternoon taken into police custody, following a robbery attempt on a delivery truck, a short distance from the East La Penitence police outpost.

A majority of Region Six councillors are calling on the Minister of Communities to work on increasing their stipend at the earliest, since they believe that it is long overdue.

Former PPP/C Minister of Housing Mohamed Irfaan Ali has filed an action in the High Court challenging the validity of the 19 fraud charges levelled against him over sale of land in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme.

The mother of Nezaam Khan, the man who died early last month, hours after his body was discovered in a pool of blood along the Diamond Public Road is not pleased with the manner in which the police are handling the matter.

The Department of Culture, with the aim of promoting citizen inclusivity within the upcoming Calypso, Soca and Chutney monarch competitions, and providing exposure to participants, will be allowing persons to vote for their favourite artistes online.

Twelve lucky shoppers won prizes in  Distribution Services Limited’s (DSL) Cash & Carry’s ‘Free Groceries’ drawing which took place last weekend at the DSL Cash & Carry’s Sheriff Street’s parking lot.

A Cuban was remanded to prison yesterday, after he was charged for inserting forged immigration stamps into his passport.

A National Quality Policy aimed at informing the development of a framework which will govern the production of goods and services locally, was yesterday launched at the Herdmanston Lodge.

The 166th anniversary of the arrival of the Chinese in  British Guiana will be celebrated on Saturday, January 12 at the Windsor Forest Primary School and in keeping with regular practice, the Association of Chinese Enterprise in Guyana has built a new school fence and recapped the school’s tarmac at an estimated cost of $3 million.