David Papannah

Six candidates, including a sitting member of the city council, a pastor and an optometrist are going head-to-head in a fight for the Stabroek-Wortmanville-Werk-en-Rust seat at the March 18 local government elections.

Three entrepreneurs will be battling for a seat in the commercial section of the city at March 18th’s local government elections in a race that pits a Benschop for Mayor candidate against contestants from APNU+AFC and the PPP/C.

A voluntary group in Bartica is looking to make its mark on the development of the town once successful at the upcoming local government elections.

-24 hr daycare among plans mooted A young flight officer with the Benschop for Mayor campaign is hoping to best a contractor who is running for the governing coalition and a teacher representing the PPP/C in constituency six of Georgetown at the March 18 Local Government Elections.

The March 18 local government elections in constituency four of Georgetown will see representatives from the two major parties battling with a candidate from a voluntary group and an individual and all are keen on more street lights for their communities.

Five candidates are contesting to be the representative for Constituency Two (Kitty North, Central, South and Subryanville) in the Georgetown municipality at the March 18 elections and among their priorities are cleaner and safer communities.

(This is the first in a series of reports on the constituency elections that will be held at the March 18 local government elections.

By Shabna Ullah   Nomination Day for long-awaited local government elections appeared to go smoothly yesterday with no immediate complaints from those submitting the names of candidates for the May 18th polls to the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

This week, we asked residents of Linden about the upcoming local government elections and if they will be voting.

By Dreylan Johnson A pastor and his wife were both chopped last evening when they were attacked by bandits at their Foulis, East Coast Demerara home.

Town Clerk Royston King yesterday announced that the city council would no longer allow new vendors to trade on Georgetown’s pavements and vendors who do not adhere to regulations would be permanently banned from selling on the city’s streets.

An elderly Bush Lot businessman and his wife were chopped to death during the wee hours of yesterday morning and one of the four persons held by police has since confessed to his involvement the crime.

Just days after announcing plans to end vending along a strip of the Merriman Mall, Town Clerk Royston King yesterday said that vendors would be allowed to resume selling in two weeks, with the conditions that their operations are clean and environmentally-friendly.

Vendors plying their trade on the Merriman Mall between Orange Walk and Cummings Street were yesterday barred from entering that area and called on President David Granger and others to intervene but the mayor says they have to clean up their act before they will be allowed to return.

Breach: The section of the Bush Lot/Maida, Corentyne sea defence which gave away on Thursday.

Several labour violations and poor working conditions were unearthed yesterday when Junior Social Protec-tion Minister Simona Broomes and officials from the Labour Department conducted a surprise inspection of stores in New Amsterdam.

Just over 50% of the 582 reported domestic violence cases in Berbice made it to court, where there were only 17 convictions for the year up to last Friday, according to police, who say they are concerned about the situation.

Public education remains crucial to tackling and controlling diabetes and needs to be disseminated across the nation.

An East Canje teen is dead and another is injured after they crashed into a cow while riding along the Number 19 Village Public Road.

Two teenagers lost their lives on Tuesday night when the car they were in smashed into the concrete base of an arch on the Number 74 Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.