The Linden-based Guyana Youth Congress (GYC) has endorsed the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), saying its promise of a national unity government represents the future of the country in which the interest of all citizens would be given full expression.
Guyana will be among former British colonies that will be asked to repeal laws criminalising homosexuality at next week’s biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Perth, Australia.
Dr Richard Van West-Charles, a former health minister in the PNC government, today announced that he has joined the AFC campaign, saying it is the only party going to the elections that has moved away from race politics.
Satrohan Mannaru, 21, of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, was today charged with the murder of Indranie ‘Cynthia’ Basdeo, 14, who was stabbed to death at a school playground last Friday.
The PPP has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to review the appointment of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) as an observer group for the upcoming elections, saying a union executive’s apparent endorsement of an opposition candidate makes it unsuitable.
The Guyana Press Association (GPA) today added its voice to the calls for the lifting of the CNS TV 6 suspension, while saying that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot ignore the “silencing” of a media house in an election period.
New photographs and a video have recently emerged of an 18 ft anaconda that was captured in Guyana’s tropical rainforests in 2009.
The US Embassy Georgetown today announced the arrival of new Ambassador D.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today blamed voltage fluctuations for disruptions in the water supply to residents along the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara.
AFC Vice-Chair Sheila Holder has announced her withdrawal as the party’s Prime Ministerial Candidate, as she prepares to undergo urgent medical treatment.
A police constable is now under close arrest after he struck and killed an elderly woman in an accident in the city on Wednesday.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today announced that it has taken the decision to decommission all National Identification Cards issued before October 2009.
Robbers grabbed $4M in a hail of gunfire on Tuesday, when they ambushed two men at a traffic stop in the city.
Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai is cooperating with local investigators probing the alleged ties between members of the Guyana Police Force hierarchy and the drug trade, police said in a statement today.
A Bartica woman was killed on Tuesday night and police arrested the suspect today.
Chutney singer Mahendra Ramkellawan was today remanded to prison after he was charged with assaulting his wife.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has agreed to accept a 5% pay raise for sugar workers, retroactive to January 1st, 2011, in light of GuySuCo’s “cash-strapped” state, which includes over $6B in debts.
Several members of the police force hierarchy are under investigation as a result of allegations of ties between them and the drug trade and police this afternoon confirmed that a junior officer has tendered his resignation after being transferred following questioning.
Brazilian diamond dealer Sergio Mattos was early this morning abducted in front of his girlfriend’s home in Georgetown, but his captors later released him without a ransom payment after learning that police had been notified.
A man, identified only as “Emanuel” was allegedly shot and killed and another man shot and injured by a businessman, following an argument this morning at Powis Backdam, Five Star, North West District.
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