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Former school principal, Sir  Arthur Chandra, was robbed of cash and jewellery at gunpoint during an invasion of his Bel Air Park residence, police said. The incident occurred at about 1:30 AM when a man pointed a gun to his head and demanded that he hand over gold and money he had in his house. While the gun was pointed ...

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Senior Counsel Keith Massiah has died, his wife confirmed on Sunday. He was 93 years old. Massiah is survived by his wife and three children. President David Granger, in a statement, said he  “is saddened at the death” of Massiah. He “expresses heartfelt sympathy to Mr. Massiah’s wife, Mrs. Maureen Massiah, OR, his three children, ...

A man committed suicide after stabbing his wife several times at their North-East La Penitence, Georgetown residence on Saturday, police said. Region Four Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore said the incident occurred at about 4:45 PM at the couple’s residence on Calabash Alley. He said the woman, who was speaking with investigators, was hospitalised in a stable condition with ...

Joseph Harmon is no longer Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency and a successor has not been named, the president’s spokeswoman, Ariana Gordon confirmed Saturday evening. “Ministry of the Presidency wishes to clarify that Mr. Joseph Harmon is no longer performing the functions of Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency,” the Ministry later said in a statement. ...

Director General, Ministry of the Presidency and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Permanent Secretariat, Mr. Joseph Harmon on Saturday said the Government is focused on implementing a multi-faceted approach to bring relief to citizens in the wake of emergency measures put in place to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. In an invited comment during a ...

Two days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said Guyana’s unresolved political situation was stymieing international assistance to fight the coronavirus, COVID-19, the Ministry of the Presidency deemed that assertion “inaccurate.” President David Granger has since restructured the National COVID-19 Task Force and appointed Joseph Harmon as its Chief Executive Officer to, among other things, provide “accurate information with regard to ...

President David Granger has removed day-to-day operations of the COVID-19 Task Force from Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and handed them to Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon. Among Harmon’s new responsibilities will be keeping Guyanese abreast with information  on the virus that has so far afflicted 70 persons including 8 who died. Harmon is designated Chief Executive ...

A Brazilian gold miner, who is the owner of a dredge, was shot and killed in Marudi, Rupununi. One of the bandits was also shot dead by the now dead gold miner during an exchange of gunfire at about 6:30 PM Friday. The gold miner’s name has been given as Zezao. Region Nine Divisional Commander, Superintendent Keith King says police ...

The Ministry of Public Health will be launching several mobile testing units on Monday, April 27, 2020. This was disclosed by Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence in her daily update to the nation today. The units will be at located at designated COVID-19 health facilities namely the East La Penitence Health Centre in Georgetown, Herstelling on the East Bank ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday decided that the recount of  votes cast in last month’s general elections would take at least 25 days, election commissioners said at the end of another marathon meeting. Election Commissioners, Vincent Alexander and Sase Gujraj said that is expected to be reflected in the order to be published in Guyana’s Official Gazette. The ...