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PSC Endorses GECOM’s Position on Biometrics: Ensuring Secure and Transparent 2025 Elections

January 22, 2025 Editor 0

See below the full statement from the Private Sector Commission: The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has continuously served as Accredited Observers of the country’s General and Regional Elections and, in that capacity, in anticipation of the 2025 General and Regional Elections, has and is engaging with all of the key stakeholders, including GECOM, the international […]

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October jailed for breaching protection order

January 22, 2025 Editor 0

Thirty-three-year-old Walter October was sentenced to six months in prison for breaching a protection order. Walter appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 20, and was charged with breaching a protection order issued in favour of his father, Hugh October and stepmother Abenia Rockliffa. The charges stated that on […]

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Court

Meadowbrook man granted bail on illegal gun charge

January 22, 2025 Editor 0

A 31-year-old man from Meadowbrook Housing Scheme, Georgetown was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday.Darwin Bennos was charged with being in possession of an unlicensed firearm. Before acting Chief Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the allegation. It is alleged that on January 18, 2025, in Tucville, Georgetown, he […]

State Bulletins

Reconstructed Providence Nursery School Commissioned

January 21, 2025 Editor 0

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand recently commissioned the newly reconstructed Providence Nursery School at Herstelling, marking a significant step in Guyana’s continued efforts to expand access to quality early childhood education. The project, completed in just four months for $35,700,000, now provides a modern and nurturing learning environment for 120 children, supported by 12 fully […]

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Court

‘Max’ found guilty of 2020 murder of ‘Baccoo’

January 21, 2025 Editor 0

A Demerara High Court jury on Monday found Shaquille Foulkes, also known as ‘Max,’ guilty of the 2020 murder of 43-year-old Hanuman Jadunauth, called ‘Baccoo’, a fish vendor. The unanimous verdict was delivered by a mixed 12-member jury before Justice Navindra Singh. The fish vendor was last seen alive on March 30, 2020, in the […]

Court

GPL awarded $205M in damages for submarine cable damaged by ship

January 21, 2025 Editor 0

The High Court in Demerara has ruled in favour of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), awarding the power company over $205 million in damages and $3 million in court costs after a Netherlands-flagged vessel, Vlistdiep (the defendant), was found liable for damaging a critical submarine cable. Located on the floor of the Demerara River, […]

Crime

OPR & PCA investigating Mahaicony shooting incident

January 20, 2025 Editor 0

The Guyana Police Force (GPF), in a statement, said that the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), are currently conducting an investigation into the fatal shooting incident that occurred at around 11:00h on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, in Airy Hall, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The fatal incident last Wednesday […]

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State Bulletins

Priya Manickchand: At almost every age group, Guyanese will receive cash grants

January 20, 2025 Editor 0

Education Minister Priya Manickchand, on Sunday, January 19, disclosed that for almost every age group, Guyanese will receive cash grants from the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government. According to Minister Manickchand, there has been every indication that the government will continue to give these grants to its citizens. She also hinted that the grants […]

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Health

NIS to focus on efficiency, debt management, and customer care this year

January 19, 2025 Editor 0

Highlighting the “significant improvements” made in service delivery, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), will focus this year on enhancing operational efficiency, debt management, and customer care. During the 2025 National Budget Presentation, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh, said that NIS plans […]

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Politics

Nandlall: ‘History would show that when PPP out of gov’t, the country decays’

January 19, 2025 Editor 0

Noting that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is a “responsible grouping of people,” Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, has said that history would show that Guyana prospers when the party is in office. “We know that we have to carry this country on our shoulders,” Nandlall stated during the televised programme “Budget in Focus […]

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