Year: 2019

An autopsy has confirmed that the US-based Guyanese man who was discovered dead in his Kitty, Georgetown apartment on Sunday morning was strangled. This newspaper understands that the autopsy was performed yesterday on Andre Gordon’s body by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh who gave his cause of death as strangulation. The nude body of Gordon, 52, was discovered on the kitchen floor of his Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown apartment. Based on reports received, the man, who was scheduled to return to the United States on Monday, was last seen alive…

Sheneza Jafferally, called Diane, of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, who was charged for causing chaos at the University of Guyana after making several bomb threats, is expected to appear at the Sparendam Magistrate’s Court on October 8 for the commencement of her trial. Jafferally, a student at the University of Guyana (UG), was charged in February, for allegedly making bomb threats that interrupted classes on the campus. Particulars of the charge alleged that on February 5, 2019 at Cummings Lodge, Jafferally sent, by means of a public telecommunication device…

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is of the belief that Guyana has become a laughing stock on the international stage owing to the gross incompetence the coalition Government and top officials continue to portray. He was at the time speaking about statements made by Head of the Department of Energy, Dr Mark Bynoe, during an interview with the New York-based Bloomberg. The August 13, 2019 article titled “The World’s Newest Petrostate Isn’t Ready for a Tsunami of Cash” states: “When Mark Bynoe, the director of Guyana’s Department of Energy, was a…

In response to the strongly worded statement by the foreign powers on Thursday that the Guyana government is in breach of the country’s Constitution, President David Granger has maintained that this is not the case and called on the diplomats to allow the government to resolve the political issues. Following his address at the Luncheon hosted by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Granger said that it is the mandate of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to advise him on when the commission…

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, on Tuesday, received over 200 pairs of shoes, from the Crown Heights Lions Club of New York, USA and other donors, who were eager to contribute to her ‘Shoes that Grow’ initiative. Caribbean Airlines shipped the shoes to Guyana from the USA free of cost as part of their efforts to support the initiative. “Now that I have received this, I can now start distributing them to our children and I know that the children love them and appreciate them because I understand that this…