Last Updated on Monday, 11 October 2021, 12:47 by Denis Chabrol The Prosecution on Monday presented a truckload of Statements of Poll, Statements of Recount and other evidence in an unprecedented electoral fraud case to the Magistrates Court and the defendants. Prosecutor, Attorney-at-Law Darshan Ramdhani said the evidence consists of four boxes for each of the seven defendants and the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 October 2021, 17:45 by Denis Chabrol Former President Donald Ramotar is worried that big international businesses could have a say in taking away his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) parliamentary majority in future elections under the system of Proportional Representation (PR). He noted that since the 1992 general elections and right up to the 2020 ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 October 2021, 16:02 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali being a Muslim has secured international support from leading countries of the Arab world, Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira said Sunday. Addressing congregants at a Hindu Temple in Queens, New York, she underscored the value of the President’s religious persuasion in accessing much-needed assistance. “We recognise ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 October 2021, 15:12 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira on Sunday said the local economic and global political conditions are right for national unity rather than leaving the door open to division by external forces. She told congregants at the New Haven  Ministries, Richmond Hill, New York that Guyana no longer needed to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 October 2021, 17:48 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has taken Digicel Guyana to court for alleged  unauthorised use of spectrum. The Prime Minister Mark Phillips, who is responsible for telecommunications, has lodged several complaints without an oath against Digicel. A City Magistrate has since issued 14 summons for Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer to appear ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 October 2021, 16:07 by Denis Chabrol India’s request for Middle Street and possibly the Promenade Gardens to be renamed after  Mahatma Gandhi has come in for sharp criticism from a coalition of Afro-Guyanese who say his utterances show that he was a “racist.” The call for the renaming of Middle Street and the Promenade Gardens ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2021, 21:57 by Denis Chabrol A businessman has admitted that he faked the theft of his Volkswagen vehicle, with GY$500,000 cash and important documents, because he had a dispute with an insurance company and had planned to destroy the vehicle to be paid, police said. “The 27-year-old claimed that he staged the incident because ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2021, 21:33 by Denis Chabrol Guyana will from October 11 be removed from the United Kingdom’s COVID ‘red’ list of countries, paving the way for two way  travel between both nations, the UK government said. “From 4am on Monday 11 October, Guyana will no longer be on the red list for entering England,” the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2021, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) on Thursday said that based on evidence collected from the scene and statements from detainees, investigators have concluded that that the fire that destroyed the Brickdam Police Station was as a result of arson. “At this point, it is concluded that the supposed cause ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2021, 9:37 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The updated resource estimate includes a new discovery at the Cataback-1 well, which brings the total significant discoveries to more than 20 within the Stabroek Block. The Cataback-1 ...