Last Updated on Thursday, 1 June 2023, 4:57 by Denis Chabrol Police said they found suspected poison and a note near the bodies of a decomposed woman and her 13-year old daughter in their home at New Providence, East Bank Demerara. “Three plastic bottles, one glass bottle containing liquid substances and two cups were found next to the bodies while ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 21:28 by Denis Chabrol Two civil society activists on Wednesday fought desperately to convince Guyana’s Court of Appeal that ExxonMobil’s Liza 1 well should be suspended if the company could not fork out more money for an unlimited financial guarantee to clean up the environment if there is an oil spill. Though lawyers ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 16:27 by Denis Chabrol Efforts by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to convince the High Court to postpone or cancel the June 12 Local Government Elections (LGE) because a number of constituency boundaries would be to that party’s electoral disadvantage on Wednesday failed after the High Court dismissed the case. Chief Justice ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 0:25 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Tuesday told the United Nations (UN) permanent forum for people of African descent that no effort was being spared to ensure descendants of enslaved Africans are not discriminated against, and that already there are legal and constitutional mechanisms to punish people engaged in racial discrimination. ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 23:35 by Denis Chabrol The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Tuesday told the United Nations (UN) permanent forum for the people of African descent that the time has come for Guyana and other Caribbean states to assess and compensate Afro-Guyanese for their contribution to the development of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 19:48 by Denis Chabrol The Mahdia Secondary School student, who was badly burnt in last week’s dormitory fire, has undergone her first of many surgeries in a New York hospital, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Tursday. He said the 13-year old girl, who was flown out of Guyana aboard an air ambulance ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 17:18 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday dismissed applications by Attorney General Anil Nandlall and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo to intervene in a case by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that seeks to cancel or postpone the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE) because ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 13:05 by Denis Chabrol The High Court on Tuesday ruled that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph failed to provide hard and credible evidence the voters list is flawed and could not be used to extract the separate voters list for the originally scheduled local government elections. “It does ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol The death toll in the fire at the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School on Tuesday increased by one, bringing the total number of children who perished to 20, a senior health sector official said. The 14 -year old girl, Sherena Daniels, succumbed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ...

Last Updated on Monday, 29 May 2023, 21:58 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese pilot and businessman is to be charged with trafficking in 16 Venezuelans over the past six months, police said in a statement. He has been identified as 45-year old Orlando Charles of 45 Middle Street, Georgetown, Police accused Mr Charles of trafficking in those Spanish-speaking nationals between ...