Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 11:47 by Denis Chabrol The Leader of the small opposition Liberty and Justice Party (LJP)  Lenox Shuman has formally asked President Ali to set aside calls for the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) to first publicly  recognise the government before consultations are held with Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon. In ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 8:26 by Denis Chabrol A man has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of $4.7  million worth of marijuana. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit says 39-year-old Duvendra Sukhdeo of 14 Republic Park, East Bank Demerara has been arrested. Anti-drug agents yesterday intercepted a car in the vicinity of Rahaman’s Park, Houston, East Bank ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 5:04 by Denis Chabrol A policeman has been beaten and stabbed allegedly by his brother and brother-in-law, police said. They have since been arrested. The Guyana Police Force said Constable Paul Rodrigues has since been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the New Amsterdam Police Station. Investigators say that the incident occurred ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 8:21 by Denis Chabrol A man, who was fined $12.5 million and sentenced to five years imprisonment for being in possession of more than 20 kilogrammes of marijuana, three years ago has been caught, police said. Police say 25-year old Ricardo Welch of Fort Ordinance, East Canje Berbice, was caught by police while ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2021, 15:08 by Denis Chabrol Three executive members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) have blistered their party leader, David Granger, after he asked that they and others be blocked from managing the upcoming elections for leader because they had allegedly pushed for no-confidence motions against him. Leader aspirants Aubrey Norton and Dr ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2021, 13:16 by Denis Chabrol A confectionery vendor was Sunday evening stabbed to death in Charlestown, Georgetown by a man who accused him of posting a picture of a woman in a relationship, police said. Dead is 48-year old Carl Cameron of 33 Lyng Street, Charlestown, Georgetown. Police said Cameron was stabbed five times ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2021, 22:37 by Denis Chabrol One of three robbers drowned on Saturday after they jumped into a canal at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara to escape from residents who were enraged by the theft of more than $500,000 in jewellery, other valuables and cash, police said. “Public-spirited citizens gave chase along with ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2021, 22:10 by Denis Chabrol Long-serving People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member, Aubrey Norton on Saturday scoffed at Mr. Roysdale Forde’s suggestion that he would transform that party into an Afro-Guyanese political organisation if he wins the leadership. Mr. Norton stopped short of openly accusing Mr. Forde of being ignorant of his track-record of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2021, 6:05 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall As part of my continuing political watch in this country, I noted with interest an utterance by a rising light in Guyanese political circles.  Prominent attorney, Roysdale Forde, expounded that the PNC must cease to be a race-based party (Demerara Waves, October 22).  This is where ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2021, 9:29 by Denis Chabrol Prominent Attorney-at-Law, Roysdale Forde Thursday night came out with a ringing endorsement of Joseph Harmon for the leadership of their People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), saying there was no place for a tribal or divisive leader. Mr. Harmon has also publicly accused the governing largely Indo-backed People’s Progressive Party ...