Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 7:19 by Denis Chabrol A 68-year old man was yesterday burnt to death in his home at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown. He has been identified as Lionel Kyte. The fire occurred at about 4:20 PM at 570- Tenth Field, Cummings Lodge. Investigators say Mr. Kyte lived alone in the ground-level wooden house. He ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2021, 21:24 by Denis Chabrol Even as former Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson’s name on Monday continued to be associated with another pricy jewellery purchase, a wide-ranging  check has been ordered to ascertain whether similar items had been purchased by other agencies under that ministry, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said. Mr. Edghill also ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2021, 16:29 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday ordered the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hand over its Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount to the High Court for safe-keeping pending the hearing and determination of an opposition election petition about the constitutionality of the recount order. “The Statements of ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2021, 23:00 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday ruled that one of the election petitions which challenge the actual  results that were declared was dismissed because  that petition was served late to Representative of the List for A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), David Granger. “The late service of ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2021, 10:49 by Denis Chabrol A suspect linked to the stabbing death of a labourer at Smythfield, New Amsterdam on Monday remained in custody, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 40-year old Mark Griffith. He was found by his sister in a trench with a stab wound to his chest. Police said he ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2021, 12:11 by Writer Fewer than 12 employees of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation and the Asphalt Plant are to be fired, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said Monday. “There will be a major shakeup in both the Asphalt Plant and the Harbour Bridge,” he told reporters ahead of Monday morning’s Public Accounts Committee ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 January 2021, 20:20 by Writer As a shake-up in the administration of the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Asphalt Plant looms as early as this week, authorities say they have uncovered records showing that more than GYD$500,000 of government funds were used to purchase a band and a tiepin purportedly for then Public Infrastructure Minister ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 January 2021, 5:52 by Denis Chabrol Senior Counsel Llewellyn John, one of Guyana’s fighters for Guyana’s political independence from Britain, died on Saturday, an aide confirmed. He was 95 years old. Ursula Harris, who had been caring for Mr. John since 2014, said he died at his Croal Street, Stabroek law office Saturday afternoon. Mr. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2021, 11:53 by Denis Chabrol Three men have been arrested for allegedly maliciously damaging a car at the Blankenburg gas station, West Coast Demerara after the driver honked his horn at them because they were in the pathway leading to the gasoline pump. The man, whose car has been damaged, has been identified as ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2021, 11:46 by Denis Chabrol A man from Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara is in police custody in connection with the seizure of a gun from his home. The 43-year old man told police that he had found the gun on the St. Cuthbert’s Mission trail. Investigators say they went to the man’s home ...