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People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) supporters in Region 10 have decided to put their concerns aside about the exclusion of several persons from being opposition coalition’s candidates for next month’s general elections, according to sources. The sources said a meeting slated for Saturday under the chairmanship of regional campaign coordinator, Sharma Solomon is expected to arrive at a consensus that ...

Authorities are preparing to rush relief supplies of water and food to drought-stricken Rupununi and parts of the Barima-Waini (Region One), government said Friday. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) would be coordinating efforts to source and distribute water to the hard-hit communities. The CDC, Dr Luncheon revealed, will coordinate with the ...

by Janelle Persaud A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition is concerned with what it labelled the ‘disenfranchisement’ of electors by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following a decision not to issue certificates of employment to Election Day officials. At its weekly press briefing on Friday at the Crown Street-based campaign Headquarters, Executive member, Dr.Rupert Roopnaraine insisted the coalition will not allow ...

The man, who allegedly buggered and killed a nine-year old boy at South Ruimveldt, was Friday arraigned on a charge of murder and remanded to prison. He is Ryan Bobb-Semple. He was not required to plea to the charge that he murdered Shaquan Gittens between April 1 and 4 at Houston Backlands, East Bank Demerara. He  returns to court on ...

by Janelle Persaud The staging of a presidential debate ahead of the May 11 General and Regional Elections could be affected by fresh demands and unwillingness by the major contesting political parties. On Friday, at its weekly media briefing, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition revealed that it may be forced to review its willingness ...

The opposition coalition initially failed to meet the legal requirement for the number of women on its list of candidates for next month’s general and regional elections, according to a senior official of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). According to the source, A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) submitted a list of 75 candidates of which ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Wednesday night warned supporters not to vote the opposition coalition into office or they would again endure food shortages that had led to malnutrition. Addressing a public meeting in that party’s traditional stronghold of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, General Secretary of the PPP’s Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO), Sheila Veerasammy told the group of ...

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo has been summoned to appear in an East Berbice court to answer a private criminal charge that he uttered racially divisive remarks in violation of one of Guyana’s electoral laws. If found guilty by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga at the Whim Magistrates’ Court, he could be fined GUY$100,000 and jailed for two years. The Representation of the ...

People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Prime Ministerial Candidate, Elisabeth Harper Thursday dubbed revelations about her son’s indebtedness to two foreign investors as “blackmail” and heaped scorn on efforts to muscle a resolution through her political selection. “I strongly reject any attempt to use my political appointment to resolve this matter extra judicially or to influence the legal direction of the ...

A former police detective ‎is among three persons injured in an accident on the Mahaicony Public Road. He is 46 year old Vincent Blair. He sustained injuries to his head and chest. Blair is conscious. A source said a car stopped to allow Blair to disembark when a minibus slammed into the rear of the car. An unidentified woman was ...