Last Updated on Friday, 16 June 2023, 21:13 by Denis Chabrol Four 13-year old boys were this week charged with setting fire to the St. Angela’s Roman Catholic Hostel at Karasabai and remanded into State care at the Juvenile Holding Centre, police said. The law enforcement agency said an order was made for them to evaluated by a competent court-appointed ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 June 2023, 20:28 by Denis Chabrol A schoolgirl on Friday is believed to have flipped-flopped on grave allegations of sexual misconduct against a government minister, saying that the posts of claims that she purportedly made were politically motivated. A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said when the 16-year old girl was contacted ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 June 2023, 6:25 by Denis Chabrol Though Guyana continues to meet the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons, the United States (US) said government here needs to increase investigations or prosecutions and screen vulnerable populations sufficiently for signs of trafficking. “The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 June 2023, 23:12 by Denis Chabrol A city businessman on Thursday remained in custody as police probed the death of his son whose body was found in a building at Cummings and Regent Streets earlier this week. “CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) footage has been reviewed and the father has been detained and is presently in ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 June 2023, 11:07 by Denis Chabrol Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to form a power-sharing government in the hope of improving the ever worsening security crisis and prepare for elections expected later this year, following a meeting with Haitian stakeholders this week in Jamaica. “We agreed to have a more inclusive government. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 9:31 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has secured additional seats in Georgetown, and New Amsterdam, and sufficient votes to get the mayoral post in Bartica,  according to official results released by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Those towns are regarded as traditional strongholds of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 22:03 by Denis Chabrol The Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy, on Tuesday signaled that it appeared on the verge of finding crude oil in commercial quantities at the Wei-1 exploration and appraisal well offshore Guyana. “Results from the well are encouraging: data acquisition is ongoing via wireline logging, MDT’s and side wall ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 18:29 by Denis Chabrol General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said the results of the 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE) show that his party has made in-roads in  traditional opposition strongholds, but Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said those defectors were bribed with State resources. “When they are ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 15:34 by Denis Chabrol Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vishnu Persaud on Tuesday said except for Georgetown where there was a hiccup, the results of Monday’s Local Government Elections in the other nine electoral districts have been declared by Returning Officers in those areas. “All of the Returning Officers, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 0:49 by Denis Chabrol Ahead of official declaration of results in Guyana’s Local Government Elections, both major parties are claiming victories in keenly contested Local Authority Areas such as three major towns that are traditional strongholds of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). Up to early Tuesday ...