by GHK Lall The news came via technology, and it was startling.  Two senior employees of the Guyana Gold Board were terminated.  Given the two officers dismissed, and my own familiarity with both, I wonder what could have been the problem with them that was so grave as to merit dismissal.  More importantly, I will now tender something that Guyana’s ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday threatened to change  the local content policy if foreign companies continue coming to Guyana to offer services such as logistics, transportation similar services as those would be reserved for Guyanese. “It will not go down well. Don’t second guess (me). I am telling you openly it will not go down well. Whether you are a ...

A number of male patients at the Psychiatric Hospital, Canje on Saturday night lit mattresses, resulting in damage to the wooden building and hospitalisation of at least 11 of them, police said. “Eleven  of the patients who received burns about their bodies were rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where they were admitted and are in a stable condition,” police ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday asked for a stay of a High Court decision that the appointment of two Parliamentary Secretaries is not constitutional and that they must be removed from the National Assembly. In court papers released by him, Public Trustee and Official Receiver,  Attorney-at-Law Prithima Kissoon says there is precedent to grant a stay of the High ...

A man, who robbed a businessman and a  policeman, of cash, jewellery and other items at a house at Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara was Thursday afternoon cornered by the victims and police, police sources said. A number of the stolen items were found in his possession but the suspected firearm which he used to attack the men at a ...

Political activist Gavin Matthews was  Thursday granted GYD$100,000 bail on a charge of using a computer system with the intention of damaging the reputation of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport , Charles Ramson Jr. Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan ordered that he return to court on June 10. He appeared in court  and pleaded not guilty to the offence ...

A 52-year old man was early  Thursday morning chopped and badly beaten with cutlasses by two of five bandits during a home invasion and robbery, police said. They eventually left, carting off $546,000 in cash and valuables as well as six birds. The home invasion and robbery occurred at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara at about 2:30 AM. The man told ...

Even  as the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield and two other senior officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are expected to show cause why they should not be dismissed immediately for alleged infractions during the 2020 general and regional elections, opposition coalition-aligned Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said the move to fire them is racially motivated. “This move is obviously ...

An outgoing passenger has been arrested after Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) agents allegedly found 1.520 kilogrammes of cocaine in hand luggage belonging to him, that agency said Wednesday night. He has been identified as Adyemi Dumisani Hinds. CANU said he was arrested after CANU officers at about 10:36 Tuesday night “pulled a small, black hand luggage” at the screening point ...

The People’s Progressive Party’s commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commissioners on Tuesday tabled three motions for the “immediate dismissal” of the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield; Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers and the Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo. The motions are to be debated at a date to be decided. “Without any lawful authority or proper justification or ...