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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 want to give an update, they can hold a press ...

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 Nigel Hughes told hundreds of delegates from around the world ...

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 the killing was not immediately known. The incident occurred on ...

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 people are refusing to buy the hot dog tickets as ...

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 Road, Bartica, and Dovan Washington, of 11 Seventh Avenue, Bartica ...

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 longer labelled the Zone of Reclamation. According to the law, ...

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. As a matter of fact it is like fleas controlling ...

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 25-year-old Crishan “Varen” David of No. 0 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. ...

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 of 36-year-old, Amaiziah Hohenkirk, a labourer of Lot 1308 Unity ...

A resident of St Ann Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice was Monday arraigned on eight cyber crime charges including obtaining and transmitting pornography of a child under 14 years old and harassing and intimidating a person, the Guyana Police Force said. New Amsterdam Magistrate, Michelle Mathias remanded 28-year-old Joshua Rambarran to prison until May 20, 2024 after the prosecution successfully opposed ...