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A 19-year-old man was arrested early Saturday morning in Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after a drinking spree, police said. “While transporting the victim back home (she was intoxicated) the suspect stopped the car and forcefully committed the act without her consent,” the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators were informed that the girl and ...

Police were Sunday searching for a man who allegedly killed a gold miner of Lethem who was working at Turtle Creek, Five Star, North West District. Dead is 38-year-old Victor Pedro. Police said he was killed at about 7 o’clock Friday night at a campground kitchen for workers and cooks, owned by Pedro. Pedro’s 13-year-old daughter reportedly told police that ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday activated a Cabinet-level task force to respond to the current rainy season and potential flood impacts across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) stated. The task force, led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips, will work in tandem with all local authorities to ensure that all response and mitigative systems are in place and functional. “These ...

Residents of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara area on Saturday warmly welcomed GTT Fibre to their community as the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) company rolled out its keenly anticipated Fibre broadband service, the company said. GTT’s Chief Operations Officer for Home Solutions & Fixed Services, Eshwar Thakurdin said, given the advantages to subscribers including more bandwidth and faster internet ...

A supervisor of Kissoondyal Enterprise Inc’s rice mill was Friday allegedly robbed of GY$3.4 million that should have been used to pay workers and rice farmers, police said. The woman told police that the incident occurred on Friday shortly after she arrived at the Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara-based rice mill with the cash from a bank in Georgetown. “On arrival ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday set itself a part from its major coalition partner, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), in staying clear of criticising the process that led to the appointment of Vishnu Persaud as Guyana’s new Chief Election Officer. The AFC highlighted that anyway the appointment went, it would have been rejected by half of Guyana’s ...

One-time Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Basil Williams on Saturday announced that he has pulled out of the race for the leadership of his party, exactly one week before delegates are due to cast their ballots. “I have examined all the circumstances and my team and I have decided that we will not engage in the contest at ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday lampooned the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh for voting with the pro-People’s Progressive Party (PPP) election commissioners to appoint Vishnu Persaud as Chief Election Officer. “The Chairman of GECOM yet again shifted the goal post and changed the rules of the game to suit the People’s Progressive Party,” ...

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections  Commission, Retired  Justice Claudette Singh has sought to justify voting for Mr. Vishnu Persaud as the new Chief Election Officer. In an official statement to announce his appointment, GECOM said in a statement that Justice Singh was also convinced by former GECOM Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally. “Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice Claudette ...

Mr. Vishnu Persaud is the Guyana Election Commission’s Chief Election Officer, according to pro-governing party Elections Commissioner Bibi Shadick. She said Chairman of GECOM Claudette Singh voted with the PPP Commissioners to give Mr Persaud the nod over Jamaican Mr. Harrow. Ms. Shadick’s colleague, Sase Gunraj added that “at a meeting of GECOM held today to deliberate on the 2 ...