Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 5:40 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday assured Guyanese that they would not be paying more for electricity, although government is leasing a 36 megawatt electricity generation ship. “There will be no increase in the price for electricity because of this rental,” he told a news conference. Mr Jagdeo explained ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 0:52 by Writer Opposition parliamentarian, Shurwayne Holder on Thursday refused to attend a meeting with government to discuss the state of the electricity sector, instead saying that the bipartisan parliamentary Economic Services Committee (ESC) is the proper place for an update. “I will not be attending that meeting. I believe that if they ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 0:41 by Writer The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPAD-G) has complained to the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent that the Guyana government has been deliberately refusing to fund the organisation and giving mere lip service to the well-being of Afro-Guyanese. Speaking at the Forum, Attorney-at-Law ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 0:26 by Writer The two Guyanese men, who were shot dead Monday night in Suriname, have been identified, police said. Guyanese police say the dead men were identified by Surinamese police as Oswick Bazilio also known as ‘One Foot’ and Jerimiah Smith. Smith was charged with marijuana trafficking in 2022.  The motive for ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 19:00 by Writer A People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP) councillor for Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands) has been allegedly threatening party supporters that if they do not buy hot dog tickets, they would not receive government cash grants that are to be distributed later this month. “I was made to understand that some ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 23:17 by Writer More than one month after a Bartica gold miner and one of his employees were shot dead and robbed of a quantity of raw gold at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, two more men were Tuesday arraigned for murder and accessory to murder. Gold miner 50-year-old Mohamed Zaheer Sheriff of Byderabo ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 19:12 by Writer The Guyana government on Tuesday welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) statement on Venezuela’s recently approved law that sets the groundwork for the seizure of the county of Essequibo. A questionable referendum last December has already incorporated the Essequibo County into Venezuela’s map which means that it is no ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 19:09 by Writer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 15, CMC – Former Montserrat premier Reuben Meade Monday said he found it “rather interesting” that subordinate body within the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) had been able to send the president of the financial institution on administrative leave. “It is like the tail wagging the dog. ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 18:51 by Writer Two labourers of Corentyne, East Berbice were Monday arraigned on a charge of murder, after police said they gathered sufficient evidence that the two allegedly killed a 52-year-old woman. Those remanded to prison by Springlands Magistrate, Tuanna Hardy were 18-year-old  Yogindra ‘Ravin’ Pokhai of Lot 79, Number 54 Village and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 18:46 by Writer A 42-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son of Tucville, Georgetown were Monday charged with the murder of a labourer of Festival City, Georgetown, police said. The accused are Alicia Edmonson, and Malachi Kennedy, a linesman, both residents of Lot 3 Perry Street, Tucville, Georgetown. They are accused of the murder ...