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Author Archives: Denis Chabrol

Lowenfield, Mingo, Myers face more electoral fraud charges

Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers and and the Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo are to be charged with two additional counts of fraud, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum two “additional charges” of conspiracy to defraud. The Crime Chief said they would be charged “based on legal ...

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Attorney-at-Law Hubert Rodney found dead at home

Attorney-at-Law Hubert Rodney was Tuesday night found dead in his home after police were called in to probe a stench emanating from his residence, sources said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said there were no marks of violence on the body and there was no sign of forced entry. The body was found between 9 ...

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OPINION: His Excellency, President Irfaan Ali wanted evidence of racial discrimination -I present it

by GHK Lall The news came via technology, and it was startling.  Two senior employees of the Guyana Gold Board were terminated.  Given the two officers dismissed, and my own familiarity with both, I wonder what could have been the problem with them that was so grave as to merit dismissal.  More importantly, I will now tender something that Guyana’s ...

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President threatens to change local content policy to guarantee Guyanese opportunities

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday threatened to change  the local content policy if foreign companies continue coming to Guyana to offer services such as logistics, transportation similar services as those would be reserved for Guyanese. “It will not go down well. Don’t second guess (me). I am telling you openly it will not go down well. Whether you are a ...

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11 Psychiatric Hospital patients rushed for emergency treatment after fire

A number of male patients at the Psychiatric Hospital, Canje on Saturday night lit mattresses, resulting in damage to the wooden building and hospitalisation of at least 11 of them, police said. “Eleven  of the patients who received burns about their bodies were rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where they were admitted and are in a stable condition,” police ...

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Attorney General asks for stay of removal of Parliamentary Secretaries from National Assembly

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday asked for a stay of a High Court decision that the appointment of two Parliamentary Secretaries is not constitutional and that they must be removed from the National Assembly. In court papers released by him, Public Trustee and Official Receiver,  Attorney-at-Law Prithima Kissoon says there is precedent to grant a stay of the High ...

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Political activist charged with “damaging reputation” of Minister Charles Ramson Jr.

Political activist Gavin Matthews was  Thursday granted GYD$100,000 bail on a charge of using a computer system with the intention of damaging the reputation of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport , Charles Ramson Jr. Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan ordered that he return to court on June 10. He appeared in court  and pleaded not guilty to the offence ...

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Driver chopped, robbed during home invasion

A 52-year old man was early  Thursday morning chopped and badly beaten with cutlasses by two of five bandits during a home invasion and robbery, police said. They eventually left, carting off $546,000 in cash and valuables as well as six birds. The home invasion and robbery occurred at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara at about 2:30 AM. The man told ...

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Planned dismissal of Lowenfield, Myers, Mingo racially motivated- APNU+AFC Election Commissioner Alexander

Even  as the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield and two other senior officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are expected to show cause why they should not be dismissed immediately for alleged infractions during the 2020 general and regional elections, opposition coalition-aligned Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said the move to fire them is racially motivated. “This move is obviously ...

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