The long overdue elections, which should have been held by March 21, 2019, following the December 21, 2018, No-Confidence Motion (NCM), now appear to be confirmed for March 2, 2020. That’s just about a year after it was constitutionally due and six months after the new September 18, 2019 deadline following APNU/AFC’s recourse to the courts. That said, the caretaker President, David Granger, having been evasive on a definite date, on Tuesday signed the much-awaited proclamation which is needed to legally establish that date. With that settled and the crucial…
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Sophia youth gets life imprisonment for killing 18-month-old niece
After spending over one year on remand for the murder of his 18-month-old niece, a 22-year-old man of Lot 8 B Field Sophia, Georgetown, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he pleaded guilty to the heinous crime during his first appearance at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday. Justice Jo-Ann Barlow sentenced Sherwin Roberts to life imprisonment after he admitted to the capital offence which detailed on September 1, 2017, he murdered Ronasha Pilgrim. The man was represented by Attorney Maxwell McKay while the State was…
Read MoreJagdeo has relentlessly exposed the corruption and gross ineptitude in the Coalition Govt
Dear Editor, “Statesman par excellence” and “a matchless leader of the Guyanese people” are just some of the many complimentary remarks made by both the local and the international communities and people of all races, even those who are his political opponents. Recently, on social media, a strong supporter of the coalition referred to him as a true leader. By now you know whom I am referring to – Dr Bharrat Jagdeo! Since he took up the mantle of the Leader of the Opposition, he has relentlessly exposed the massive…
Read MoreSales rep slapped with 5 fraud charges
Jamal Gilbert, a sales representative at VSH United (Guyana) was released on bail by Magistrate Leron Daly after being slapped with five fraud-related charges and appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. The 21-year-old father of one is accused of forging audit documents, uttering same, and offering false information to Police ranks. The first charge alleged that between January 1, 2019, and March 5, 2019, at Middle Street, Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he forged a document, that is, an auditor’s report in favour of Midtown Hotel Restaurant and…
Read MoreMahatma Gandhi remembered on 150th birth anniversary in Guyana
Tributes poured in at the Promenade Gardens on Wednesday morning, as Guyanese came out in their numbers in remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. Organised by the Indian High Commission in Guyana, the event was well attended by former presidents, cabinet members and representatives from the diplomatic corp. Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, he was an Indian lawyer and political leader who embarked on a mission of nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British Rule. This in turn, inspired movements for civil rights…
Read MoreMan gets 3 years jail for robbing wheelchair-bound elderly man
A 38-year-old man, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for robbing a disable septuagenarian. Michael Whyte, appeared before Magistrate faith and pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him. The charge stated that on September 27, 2019 at Robb Street, Georgetown, he robbed Compton Cater of G$28,000 cash. Facts presented by Police Prosecutor Annalisa Brummell stated that on the day in question, at around 07:00 hrs, the victim was in his wheelchair heading west along Robb Street to conduct business,…
Read MoreDuo confess to killing pensioners in 2017
Two men, who made their first appearance at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday, are expected to be sentenced for the 2017 murders of Constance Fraser and her niece Phyllis Caesar, after they both opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. Imran Khan and his accomplice, Steven Andrews, stood before Justice Sandil Kissoon and admitted to the manslaughter charge which stated that between October 2 and 3, 2017, during the course of a robbery at South Road, Georgetown, they killed the women. Previous reports indicated that the…
Read MoreGranger confirms March 2 is E-Day
…PPP says will not return to Parliament to extend life of “illegal gov’t” After mounting pressure for him to clear up the confusion surrounding the elections date, caretaker President David Granger on Thursday confirmed that March 2, 2020, will be the date for general and regional for elections. However the President has not yet issued a proclamation to this effect. In an address to the nation on Wednesday, Granger said that March 2, 2020 was arrived at following consultations with his Cabinet and a meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Guyana…
Read MoreGuyanese family in US mourns after recently graduated daughter shot dead
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police in suburban Orange County are looking for two men who burst into an apartment, opened fire, and killed a recent college graduate. At a home in Walden, a tight-knit family with roots in Guyana was receiving visitors Monday, and mourning a terrible loss. Chelsea Debidin, a 21-year-old dean’s list student and recent grad from SUNY-Orange County, was shot and killed while visiting her boyfriend at his family’s Knox Village apartment. “They kicked in the front door and basically opened fire on the residents there,…
Read More6 female Guyanese Cops in Alaska for major conference
Six female officers of the Guyana Police Force/Guyana Association of Women Police led by Deputy Commissioner Maxine Graham, DSM and assisted by Superintendent Grace Davis last Friday, 2019, departed Guyana to Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America to attend the International Association of Women Police 57th Annual Training Conference being held from September 23-27, 2019. The Conference, which is being hosted in Anchorage for the third time and being held under the theme “Mentoring the Next Generation” attracted the attendance of over 800 delegates from 43 countries. The opening ceremony…
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