Two men who were recently intercepted and arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) with some 27 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a boat’s bow were arraigned at the Wales Magistrate’s Court. Thirty-five-year-old Latchman Sankar, known as “Jack”, and 47-year-old Muneshwar Dusrajh, known as “Bonny”, denied the charge when they appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert on Wednesday. Particulars of the charge stated that on February 22, 2020, at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), they had in their possession 27.866 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The men’s…
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GECOM finally agrees to increase polling places
After much criticisms, and following a meeting with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and a team from the People’s Progressive Party, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is backtracking on its unilateral decision to reduce the number of polling places. This was communicated at the conclusion of the meeting on Tuesday. Jagdeo, together with People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential Candidate Dr Irfaan Ali, former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall and the party’s chief scrutineer, Zulfikar Mustapha, met with the Commission including its Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh; Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield…
Read MoreGuyana on the World Stage
…An Evening of Reflection and Thanksgiving The theme, “Guyana Together: Reflect, Celebrate, Transform”, came alive on stage in the NYC H+H/Queens Hospital Auditorium, New York on Sunday, February 16, 2020, when Guyanese in the Diaspora, Inc. under the auspices of the Honorable Barbara Atherly, Consul General of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana launched its Republic Golden Jubilee celebrations, with a spectacular “Evening of Reflection and Thanksgiving”. The program commenced with the singing of the National Anthems of the USA and Guyana and an Ancestral Invocation was delivered by a representative…
Read MoreGuyana’s history not well-documented – UG Chancellor
Now that Guyana is at the cusp of transformation, its unique history must be well preserved. This was according to Chancellor of the University of Guyana Edward Green, who added that documentation of the country’s history is carelessly recorded. Greene said that it is important that Guyana’s education system is well-grounded in an authentic archive that will expose persons to the country’s culture. He said: “The National Archives is seriously underfunded, the archives that we go to find out what happened in the past. To tell you, I went to…
Read MoreTT: Woman beaten to death in El Dorado, Guyanese man held
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of a woman in El Dorado, Trinidad on Sunday afternoon. They said they received reports of a domestic disturbance at Eastern Main Road, El Dorado around 15:50h. On arrival, they saw a man covered in blood in the doorway. The man was speaking incoherently and pointed to a room where they found the bloodied body of Nicole Hackshaw on a bed. She had several wounds to her face. A piece of wood, believed to be the murder weapon, was found next to…
Read More‘Ferguson knew she was about to do something improper’
…Cops should be called in to investigate alleged bribery – Nandlall Former Attorney General (AG) and Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member, Anil Nandlall, believes that Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, must immediately lodge a complaint with the Guyana Police Force against Minister with responsibility for Housing, Annette Ferguson. Nandlall made the damning charges on Ferguson and said this must be done with a view for the Police investigating and instituting charges against the sitting Minister for breaches of the Representation of Peoples…
Read MoreTeen miners accused of stealing gold, cash from boss
Two teen miners appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mclennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday charged for stealing a quantity of gold and cash belonging to their employer. Cadeem Baily and Malcolm Payne, both 19 years old, were remanded to prison on a charge of breaking and entering and larceny. Baily, of Shell Road, Kitty, Georgetown, and Payne, of Houston, Greater Georgetown, pleaded guilty and not guilty respectively when the allegation was read to them. Police stated that on February 23, 2020, the duo broke into the dwelling house…
Read MoreDesmond Trotman recants “Massa” claims against PSC Chair
Coalition representative on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Desmond Trotman, has recanted racist statements made against Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Captain Gerry Gouveia, with a “Massa” tirade that he had publicly made against the PSC member. The public spat which saw its genesis involving correspondence between Captain Gouveia and GECOM Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield had seen a swift condemnation by Trotman in a public missive, which had caught the attention of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). The body, however, on Wednesday reported that it had concluded…
Read MoreAn opportunity for a new beginning
On Sunday, Guyana commemorated 50 years of being a Republic, having cut all governance ties with Britain, which had ruled us for almost two centuries. Those who agitated for the rupturing of those ties went to great lengths to reveal and explain their exploitative nature, which left us so underdeveloped that after four centuries of the Dutch and British using our human and physical resources for producing raw sugar, only this year we are finally proposing to refine that sugar for our own consumption rather than importing our sugar which…
Read MoreGuyanese in Washington DC, diplomatic community celebrate 50th Republic Anniversary
On Saturday, February 22, 2020, Dr. Riyad Insanally, Ambassador of Guyana to the United States of America and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Staff of the Embassy of Guyana in Washington, DC, welcomed members of the Diplomatic Corps, members of various private sector bodies and scores of Guyanese nationals residing in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to the Hall of the Americas, at OAS Headquarters in Washington, DC, to celebrate Guyana’s 50th Republic Anniversary. According to a release from the Guyana Embassy in…
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