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Voters were Friday morning trickling in to polling stations across several areas of Guyana to vote in Local Government Elections for the first time since 1994. “The process is fast and smooth. Lines are short and people are going in but it is not the kind of build-up like General Elections,” a resident on the East Bank Demerara who just ...

Guyana’s Head of State David Granger was the first person to cast his ballot in a historic Local Goverment Elections (LGE) on Friday. The President along with First Lady Sandra Granger voted at Enterprise Primary School in Durban Backlands. Speaking to the media shortly after his ballot was cast, the President said that he believes the energy around LGE is ...

The Guyana Public  Service Union (GPSU) on Thursday expressed concern that government appeared to be sending mixed signals about its commitment to pay higher wages and salaries, saying that Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s utterances could prejudice negotiations. “The Union, further, shudders to think that the Minister – whether on his own volition or acting on some other directive – might be ...

A leading Caribbean business executive on Thursday warned Guyana to guard against possible economic pitfalls that can accompany the commercial production of oil. Addressing the formal opening of Massy’s Supermarket at Amazonia Mall, Providence, East Bank Demerara, President  and Chief Executive Officer of Massy Group, Gervase Warner urged Guyana to use its expected oil wealth wisely. “There is a lot ...

Two more suspects in the murder of Guyanese agriculturist, Anthony Breedy, were Wednesday arrested at a house at Ithaca, West Coast Demerara as police continue their wide-ranging probe. This now brings to four the number of persons arrested in connection with the killing of 60-year old Breedy who worked for more 15 years in Montserrat. Head of the Criminal Investigations ...

As far as conflicting statements go, prisoners from the Camp Street Prison have managed to offer different reasons as to why there was a three day riot that saw 17 inmates being killed in a morning blaze. Inmate, Desmond James was the latest to give evidence to the Commissioners at the Commission of Inquiry and stated that he had never ...

A 22-year-old Festival City resident is nursing gunshot wounds to his buttocks and left foot after he was attacked by bandits on Wednesday. A police release on Thursday stated that at about 21: 30 hrs on Wednesday, Ruben Hopkinson, was cycling along Eden Street, Tuc-Ville, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. ...

President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) Chris Ram on Thursday demanded that inmates appearing at the Camp Street Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) be given legal representation when giving their testimonies at the Commission. This is despite Ram offering the services of members of the Bar association in a pro-bono manner for persons appearing before the Commission. He said ...

In the wake of the violent prison unrest that claimed the lives of 17 inmates, top representatives of Guyana’s Judiciary and the Executive on Wednesday agreed to consider a raft of measures to address overcrowding in the country’s jails. Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo declined to divulge details of the almost two hours of ...

A Partnership for National Unity on Wednesday withdrew support from one of its candidates who has been implicated in sexual molestation in recent times, less than three days before Guyanese are due to vote in long-awaited Local Government Elections.  ‎”In light of the alleged behavior of Mr. Winston Harding and the pattern of accusations over the years, his candidature cannot be ...