November 12, 2019

Government nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are proposing that the entity hires temporary staff to fill four key positions at the agency ahead of elections 2020. The posts include Logistics Manager, an…

Thirty-year-old Orin Jules on Tuesday confessed to killing his 23-year-old brother Dexter during an argument at their 'D' Field Sophia home on June 18, 2016. Jules appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court charged…

A 21-year-old miner was remanded to prison on Tuesday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly stabbing a man about his body with a broken beer bottle during a brawl. Vivian Christian of Essequibo Coast pleaded not guilty to the…

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-day-old baby boy who fell out of a hammock at Morabisi River, Mouth Island, Issano, Middle Mazaruni River on Monday. Dead is Lance Douglas. Police said the mother…

A businessman, a serving member of the Joint Services and another person have been arrested in connection with the brazen armed robbery of three men of a large quantity of raw gold at the Matthew’s Ridge Airstrip in Region One on Monday…

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Sunday called on residents of Kwakwani, Region Ten to vote for the APNU+AFC Coalition noting that the Government cannot afford to lose the March 2020 general and regional elections. “I ask you today…

A 62-year-old Kitty, Georgetown resident will have to face another trial after a 12-member jury was unable to reach a verdict in his case Tuesday after almost two hours of deliberation at the Sexual Offences Court. Pretty-Paul Mohan is…

The University of Guyana’s Council on Saturday selected Professor Edward Greene, former UN Special Envoy and CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, as the new Chancellor. Professor Greene is expected to be installed in a simple ceremony…

Change Guyana, a new political party led by two businessmen, on Tuesday promised that they will reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) to 12 per cent and further increase the income tax threshold to $100,000 per month if elected to office. The…

The growing phenomenon that is indoor futsal has reached its greatest height thus far with Rio Inn putting up a one million dollars first prize for their inaugural tournament, set to kick off on November 14 at the National Gymnasium,…