Last Updated on Monday, 26 September 2016, 12:35 by Denis Chabrol One person was shot dead and another seriously injured during an altercation at early Monday morning outside Rio Inn, an adult entertainment night spot in Queenstown, Georgetown, police said. The shooting occurred at about 2 AM Monday, September 26, 2016 outside the nightclub at a parking lot for a mining supplies ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 September 2016, 14:14 by Denis Chabrol Five Haitians, who entered Guyana illegally, were held at the weekend on their way to Brazil, police said. The Guyana Police Force credited “alert ranks” for intercepting a vehicle at Wisroc Junction, Wismar, Linden at about 11 O’clock Friday night with the all-male group of Haitians. Investigators believed that ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 September 2016, 14:01 by Denis Chabrol The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Sunday said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) had nothing to do with the actual procurement of radio communication sets and instead said that was the work of various governmental arms under the then People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration. Lowenfield explained that ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 September 2016, 13:05 by Denis Chabrol United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has given himself until November to assess the next step in dealing with the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, even as the Granger-led administration continues to push for a settlement at the World Court. “I have to make a assessment by November” the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 September 2016, 0:36 by Denis Chabrol Police said two employees of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Guyana were robbed shortly after disembarking a vehicle outside their office on Brickdam, Georgetown. No one has been arrested, and police said they were “in possession of CCTV (Closed Circuit Television ) footage and were currently conducting ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 September 2016, 23:33 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Friday formally decided that it would be taking its pay dispute with government to conciliation. Maintaining that governent’s final offer of 10 percent for lowest paid workers and one percent for highest paid public servants was unsatisfactory, the union said its Executive Council decided to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 September 2016, 23:02 by Denis Chabrol China on Friday handed over a number of medical supplies and equipment valued at approximately USD420,000 to Guyana’s Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) Incorporated. The presentation was made by Madam Tiu Cui Li, Vice Minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission of the Peoples Republic of China. During her ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 September 2016, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol Arrest warrants have been issued for the persons who posted bail for self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram and Anjanie Boodram following another no-show by the two at Court. Legal representative of the drug lord and his reputed wife, Glenn Hanoman told Magistrate Judy Latchman that since the last court ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 September 2016, 19:07 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) representatives on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said they are ready to submit nominees for a new Elections Commission Chairman to President David Granger, if it is true that Dr. Steve Surujbally is about to resign the post. Elections Commissioners Bibi Shaddick, Robeson ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 September 2016, 18:42 by Denis Chabrol The fourth suspect in the Black Bush Polder triple murder on Thursday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court One for charge. 40-year-old Rakesh Kurramchand, of Sheet Anchor Road, Corentyne was not required to plea to the indictable charge when it was read to him by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan ...