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The Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara woman, who was found motionless in her home earlier this week, was bludgeoned to death, an autopsy revealed. Police said the autopsy on the body of 61-year old Sattie Monica Singh found that she died of brain Haemorrhage as result of multiple trauma to head, compounded by multiple fracture to right side rib. A ...

Guyanese singing legend, Ivor Lynch, died Monday night at his residence in the United States (US), a family member confirmed. He was 74 years. Lynch died after a long battle with diabetes including kidney transplant about 20 years ago. “He loved music and I know that he always wanted to  see the minimum industry in Guyana develop its own genre,” ...

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has released the final July-August timetables for the upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Initially postponed amid COVID-19 concerns, the CSEC and CAPE examinations are set to begin on July 13 with the Modern Language Oral examinations which will run until August 21 and Music practical set to ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) appeared to have opted to consider immigration records while examining the observation reports after the recount of the three-month old general and regional election votes is completed by June 13, officials said. The issue was discussed on Monday by the seven-member commission, shortly after a GECOM spokeswoman confirmed that 172 of 207 persons did not ...

The motionless body of a woman was found in a house at Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara and a man was arrested Monday afternoon, police said. Police sources identified the woman as  61-year old Monica Singh Beekharry of 158 Begonia Drive, Atlantic Gardens. A senior police officer said police received a call from a woman fior help and when they ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) so far appeared not to have confirmed from its own records a claim by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) that 207 people were marked off as voted although they were overseas, before their names were sent to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services for verification. GECOM spokeswoman, Yolanda Ward said the ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) says a ballot box checklist shows that 25 extra ballots were registered as having been found in a ballot box at Phillipai Primary School, Region 7, contrary to claims by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). The PPP is relying on the Statement of Recount for ballot box 7079 at Phillipai Primary School ...

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) on Saturday said there is no statistical evidence to prove claims that many of the 8,000 votes cast by soldiers, police and prison service personnel have not been counted. General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity, Retired Lt. Col. Joseph Harmon and President of the Guyana Veterans, Retired Lt. Col. George Gomes have ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Saturday afternoon released evidence to rubbish claims by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that there was evidence in ballot boxes of  elections fraud by the opposition. “The increasingly embattled APNU+AFC Coalition persists in its misguided attempts to discredit the electoral process by perpetuating fallacious claims about so-called irregularities,” the PPP said in a statement. ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) General Secretary, Joseph Harmon on Saturday assailed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for failing to respond to at least 11 letters containing allegations of fraud committed at the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. “You have a right to know what happened to your votes ands why persons who were not entitled to ...