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A policeman, who was attached to the Police Force’s Finance Office at Eve Leary, died in a road accident on the Essequibo Coast. He was 25-year old Sergeant 21873 Lakhan Persaud of Lot 5 Columbia Village, Essequibo Coast. Police say Persaud was driving a car at a fast rate of speed when he lost control and struck  several motorcycles and ...

Two motorcyclists were killed and two  pillion riders injured when  the bikes they were riding were involved in a collision on the Le Destin Public Road, East Bank Essequibo. Dead are 22-year old Nigel Jones of 14 Middle Street, Pouderoyen , West Bank Demerara and 23-year old S. Scott of Samaroo Dam,  Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. The pillion riders are ...

Pressure is mounting on  A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition to concede defeat and pave the way for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to take office. The Change Guyana political party and the Muslim Youth Organisation are the latest organizations to call on President David Granger to give up power. Led by hotelier, Robert Badal and Chartered ...

Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service, Joyce Sinclair died on Saturday. She was 84 years old. Her brother, Director-General of Tourism, Donald Sinclair, confirmed that she died at her residence. Sinclair was also well-known for the training of employees in the public and private sector when she had branched off into human resources management consultancy. Ms. Sinclair ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has admitted to staff of the Ministry of Public Security that the coalition of his party and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU+AFC) lost the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. “It is with a little sadness…I rather suspect that tomorrow there will be a declaration that the numbers were ...

The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh wants the local Court of Appeal to dismiss a case brought by a supporter of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change asking that the election management body use only credible votes to declare results of votes cast more than three months ago. In court papers seen by ...

Executive member of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Dominic Gaskin Friday night raised the spectre of the David Granger coalition refusing to give power, but at the same time he urged them to concede defeat and start preparing to recapture swing votes in the 2025 general elections. “The claims of fraud were grossly exaggerated and, unfortunately, designed to fool party ...

The Justice For All Party (JFAP), one of the parties in the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led coalition,  said the results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections show the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP) has won and they should be allowed to take over the reins of government. “The recount shows that the PPP/C has won the ...

Reproduced from CNN Two major British companies have acknowledged their historic ties to the slave trade and pledged new financial support to black and minority ethnic communities. Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, and pub chain Greene King said in statements late Wednesday that they would take steps to make their businesses more racially inclusive and provide financial support to ...

Pope Francis has appointed Guyanese Roman Catholic Priest  Father John Derek Persaud as the Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica. Fr. John Persaud is to take up his appointment as soon as he can travel to Jamaica. There he will meet with the Apostolic Administrator, Clergy, Religious and the Faithful of the Diocese of Mandeville to begin preparations for his Episcopal Ordination. ...