Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2020, 15:49 by Denis Chabrol Former school principal, Sir  Arthur Chandra, was robbed of cash and jewellery at gunpoint during an invasion of his Bel Air Park residence, police said. The incident occurred at about 1:30 AM when a man pointed a gun to his head and demanded that he hand over gold and ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2020, 21:12 by Denis Chabrol Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Senior Counsel Keith Massiah has died, his wife confirmed on Sunday. He was 93 years old. Massiah is survived by his wife and three children. President David Granger, in a statement, said he  “is saddened at the death” of Massiah. He “expresses heartfelt sympathy ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2020, 14:50 by Denis Chabrol A man committed suicide after stabbing his wife several times at their North-East La Penitence, Georgetown residence on Saturday, police said. Region Four Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore said the incident occurred at about 4:45 PM at the couple’s residence on Calabash Alley. He said the woman, who ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2020, 14:50 by Denis Chabrol Joseph Harmon is no longer Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency and a successor has not been named, the president’s spokeswoman, Ariana Gordon confirmed Saturday evening. “Ministry of the Presidency wishes to clarify that Mr. Joseph Harmon is no longer performing the functions of Director General of the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 April 2020, 17:33 by Denis Chabrol Director General, Ministry of the Presidency and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Permanent Secretariat, Mr. Joseph Harmon on Saturday said the Government is focused on implementing a multi-faceted approach to bring relief to citizens in the wake of emergency measures put in place ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 April 2020, 15:20 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall As I read of different utterings at different times from the foreigners, my sense is that there is a continuing shift in the wind.  It is steadily stronger in one direction only.  I would advise all, especially coalition leaders, to pay attention, to read carefully the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 April 2020, 15:13 by Denis Chabrol by Nigel Westmaas  Guyana’s recent general elections, held on March 2, remains mired in an implausible and very suspicious delay that is hardly transparent. It is already one of the most contentious and potentially dangerous elections since independence. The country now awaits a formal supervised recount but at certain ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 April 2020, 12:06 by Denis Chabrol Two days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said Guyana’s unresolved political situation was stymieing international assistance to fight the coronavirus, COVID-19, the Ministry of the Presidency deemed that assertion “inaccurate.” President David Granger has since restructured the National COVID-19 Task Force and appointed Joseph Harmon as its Chief Executive ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 April 2020, 8:56 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger has removed day-to-day operations of the COVID-19 Task Force from Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and handed them to Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon. Among Harmon’s new responsibilities will be keeping Guyanese abreast with information  on the virus that has so far afflicted ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 April 2020, 6:52 by Denis Chabrol A Brazilian gold miner, who is the owner of a dredge, was shot and killed in Marudi, Rupununi. One of the bandits was also shot dead by the now dead gold miner during an exchange of gunfire at about 6:30 PM Friday. The gold miner’s name has been given ...