July 11, 2019

By Bibi Khatoon The negotiating panel set up to “hammer out” the nominees for selection of a new Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission on Thursday decided to hand over the process to President David Granger and Opposition Leader…

After much deliberation, Guyana has withdrawn from the Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifiers scheduled for July 17-21, 2019 in Jamaica. According to the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) President, Wayne Forde, this decision was…

A seventeen-year-old boy of New Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD), who is accused of killing his friend during a row over $500, appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Children’s Court charged with manslaughter. It is alleged…

An operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force discovered three fields of cannabis cultivation with about 25,000 plants ranging between 2 - 7 feet in height Wednesday at Kimbia and Kaiuwa, Upper Berbice River. Police Headquarters…

As a matter of practice, new public servants have had to work three months before receiving their first salary, but the new Minister of the Public Service Tabitha Sarabo-Halley Thursday said she has found no rule or policy that…

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday said the Police never closed its investigations into alleged criminal activities by convicted drug lord Roger Khan. “The Police have continuously been doing their work on Mr Khan;…

The Alliance For Change (AFC) said it expects that elections will be held this year. “We would like, like every citizen in Guyana to have not just elections, but importantly credible elections, and we expect that those will and should be…

The Minister of Public Service Tabitha Sarabo-Halley Thursday announced that applications are open for a number of Scholarships at the Undergraduate and Master’s Degree level at the University of Guyana for the 2019/2020 academic year.…

West Indies A made a mess of a relatively small target, losing by 65 runs to India A in the opening 50-over match at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua, on Thursday. Batting first, India A posted 190 all out in 48.5 overs; West Indies…

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo Thursday once more declared that the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will not give the Government the two-thirds majority it needs in the National Assembly to extend the deadline for general and…