Aviso Paul

A Region One pastor died after his boat collided with another in the Moruca River yesterday afternoon while he was in his way to pick up his son.

Three GECOM employees who have been charged with electoral offences yesterday declined to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into the March 2nd 2020 general elections on the grounds of their right to a fair hearing and against self-incrimination.

Guy Nurse,  who was formerly the Assistant Super-intendent of Police and Officer-in-Charge of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) yesterday denied claims made by subordinates before the Commis-sion of Inquiry into the March 2, 2020 general elections that he had handed down instructions to get the GECOM Chair out of the Ashmins building on March 5th.

Questions were yesterday raised by the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2020 elections as it relates to the time that Information Technology (IT) Officer Enrique Livan would have had to change the number of figures from some of the Statements of Poll (SOPs) as alleged by many of the observers on hand, since some video evidence has suggested that he had no particular time to do so.

Government-nominated Elections Commissioner Sase Gunraj yesterday detailed instances where former Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield disregarded a large number of valid votes as he sought to finalise the results of the March 2, 2020 elections in defiance of directions from both the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the courts.

Former Deputy Returning Officer (DRO), Paul Jaisingh, yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry (CoI)  into events around the March 2020 general elections that he was assaulted by a party agent and had received a death threat from a Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) staff member at the Ashmins building on March 4th.

The Commissioners inquiring into the events surrounding the March 2, 2020 general elections yesterday visited the District Four office where many irregularities were said to have been spawned and they also inspected the room in which the GECOM chair was found locked away with a senior election officer and others at a crucial point in the proceedings.

The family of Orin Bishop is now in mourning after his body was found at Greenfield Village on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) with his head almost severed and  chops about his body.

The second annual CAP Designs & Slay fashion show will hit the stage of the Theatre Guild on December 11, offering ‘fashion with a difference’ under the theme BOLD 2.

A new comedy show, ‘Laffy Laffy Baby’, featuring a number of talented Guyanese comedians, is scheduled to premiere in four different regions of the country within the next two months.

Michael Wilson, 40, a labourer of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was fatally stabbed yesterday morning at about  8.15 and his 30-year-old common law wife has been taken into custody.

Three Kaieteur News (KN) employees were held at gunpoint and robbed yesterday in their Saffon Street office by bandits who later carted off a safe with millions of dollars in what the newspaper’s owner said was an inside job.

The second edition of ‘Survivor’, an e-magazine which shares the experiences of cancer survivors, was launched last Saturday by the Giving Hope Foundation (GHF) during a gala and dinner at the Ramada Princess Hotel.

Vying against five other Caribbean beauties in the inaugural Miss Cricket Carnival Pageant, Guyana’s very own Amel Griffith managed to take the crown on Monday night, which she credits in part to the huge audience support she received.

Among the activities for the ongoing Cricket Carnival is a pageant that will be contested by young women representing the six Caribbean countries participating in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Ten beautiful young women will grace the stage of the National Cultural Centre tonight to vie for the title of Miss Amerindian Heritage 2022 as part of the celebration of Amerindian Heritage Month.

A Ministry of Labour investigation has been launched into the fatal workplace accident that claimed the life of 30-year-old Cindy Jattan at Gafoors last Friday.

Twenty-five-year-old Andrea Sophia Crystal King prevailed against nine other young women to win the Miss World Guyana Pageant 2022 last Sunday at the National Cultural Centre.

Nine young women between the ages of 16 and 25 years old from across the three sub-districts of Region Seven have been selected to vie for the title and crown in the first ever Miss Region Seven Amerindian Heritage Pageant.