Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 15:56 by Writer The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has not discussed voting by the estimated 30,000 disabled and visually-impaired persons at next March’s general elections, although provision had been made for physically challenged persons to vote on the kerb of polling stations in 2015. Concerns were also raised about the confidentiality of balloting ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 9:16 by Writer Tourism executives are banking on Guyana’s listing by Condé Nast Traveler, a premier travel magazine, as one of the top 20 places to visit next year to further boost the sector which has so far raked in more than GYD$60 billion dollars annually. Director-General of Tourism, Donald Sinclair told a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 10:42 by Writer Fire early Friday morning destroyed four houses on Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, leaving many persons homeless. The fire started at about 5:53 a.m., and one hour later firefighters contained the blaze from spreading to other houses in that congested residential area of mostly wooden houses. The fire started at Lot ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 0:43 by Writer A passenger aboard a Guyana-bound Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight died, forcing the flight to divert to Puerto Rico and causing other passengers to suffer a more than five-hour delay to their destination, sources said. The CAL BW521 flight left New York at 7:06 a.m. but the passengers destined for Guyana ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 0:41 by Writer The Director-General of the Department of Tourism, Donald Sinclair on Thursday called for less rum-drinking and a greater focus on culture at festivals across Guyana’s ten administrative regions. He issued the call at a regional tourism forum at which regional tourism committee representatives presented their reviews for 2019 and were ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 December 2019, 0:23 by Writer by GHK Lall As is now an almost reflexive aspect of election traditions in Guyana, there has been the usual appearing and flocking of them around this time. This would be the new faces, new voices, and the new sounds of the new political parties taking their places in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 December 2019, 18:21 by Writer Two women, who were seen on a Facebook video allegedly assaulting police and behaving disorderly at a police outpost, pleaded not guilty to several charges and were placed on a total of GYD$100,000 bail. Yasminie ‘Tina’ Ramsew was granted $30,000 bail for dangerous driving, and $10,000 bail each for assaulting ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 19:19 by Writer Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry on Wednesday scotched rumours in some circles that Chief Education Officer (CEO), Marcel Huston has been fired. Instead, she says that the 53-year old Mr. Huston is approaching retirement age and so the process has begun for him to receive his benefits. “No, no no. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 18:31 by Writer The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) seemed set to scrap its plan to have a supplementary list of thousands of voters who do not collect their national identification cards to prove that they are alive and in the country, but there is no decision yet on the new method that will ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 18:15 by Writer An East Canje, Berbice resident has been arrested in Georgetown with 46 kilogrammes of suspected marijuana in a car trunk. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) says Jairam Lalman of 757 Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme was intercepted by anti-drug agents on Mandela Avenue behind the Botanical Gardens. CANU says the 35-year ...