Last Updated on Sunday, 18 November 2018, 8:03 by Denis Chabrol Four males were Sunday being sought for the stabbing death of a drug addict because he stopped buying narcotics from them, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 45-year old ‘Buckman’  of no fixed place of abode. Investigators were told the incident occurred at about 11 O’clock Saturday night ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 November 2018, 7:35 by Denis Chabrol The last of the three prisoners, who recently escaped from the Lusignan Prison, was early Sunday morning captured, police said. The Guyana Police Force said Sudesh Dyal was caught at Tuschen Squatting Area ,East Bank Essequibo at about 3 AM. Acting on information received ,a police team led by Divisional ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 November 2018, 18:24 by Denis Chabrol Fly Jamaica on Saturday indicated it was probing whether the passenger, who died following last week’s incident involving its passenger jet, was as a result of injuries sustained aboard that aircraft. Dead is Rookia Kalloo, who was a passenger aboard Fly Jamaica flight OJ256 which the airline said “suffered ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 November 2018, 11:45 by Denis Chabrol A 79-year old former prison officer, who lives at the Palms, has been arrested and his licenced handgun seized after he threatened a nurse there, police said.   Police said he allegedly threatened a male nurse at the said institution about 8:15 Thursday night. Investigation revealed that the victim ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 November 2018, 7:36 by Denis Chabrol The University of Guyana (UG) has announced an increase in salaries for academic and non-academic staff for this year, saying the administration and unions failed to actually negotiate the package. Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith maintained that only lecturers who have submitted grades would be receiving the increase. “The ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 November 2018, 7:02 by Denis Chabrol The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) says it has been improving the delivery of its services with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The entity’s GIS analyst, Malini Jaikarran said the use of this service, will help to improve the development, manage operations and update policies and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 November 2018, 6:42 by Denis Chabrol The United States (US) on Friday confirmed that it has shifted its official position on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy by asking that a more than 100-year old award of the land boundaries between the two neighbouring South American countries be respected. Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 November 2018, 16:48 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday conceded that it lost some political support due to the necessary closure of a number of loss-making sugar estates, but claimed that its 10 percent share of the popular vote  at last Monday’s Local Government Elections still makes it a “credible force”. “What ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 November 2018, 15:54 by Denis Chabrol The governing coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday said it was extremely confident that all of its 33 parliamentarians would vote down an opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against the government. Hours later, government called off Friday’s sitting of the National Assembly and prepared for ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 November 2018, 14:23 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday announced a”meagre” 36 percent turnout at Monday’ Local Government Elections, saying the Ministry of Local Government failed to sufficiently educate voters about local elections. Official results show of the 573, 923 voters, only 208,534 cast ballots. GECOM’s claim has since been rejected ...