The Guyana Press Association (GPA) criticised the slow manner in which information of public concern pertaining to elections is being released by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to the media. In a statement on Wednesday, the GPA, which is headed by journalist Nazima Raghubir, noted that GECOM must be held accountable for not clarifying misinformation and accusations made with the urgency it requires. “The GPA is dissatisfied with the lack of timely information from GECOM, and slow response to matters of national interest relative to the pending General and Regional…
Read MoreYear: 2020
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…for the Disciplined Forces Well, your Eyewitness wasn’t surprised at how smoothly the voting by the Disciplined Forces went – after all they’re the DISCPLINED Forces, aren’t they?? If THEY couldn’t get their act together for a simple act of dropping a piece of paper into a box, then what are we spending all those billions of dollars every year for?? But what he was surprised about was that so many of them showed up to vote – 82%!! That figure’s certainly gonna better the civilian population’s showing come March…
Read MorePAHO chief calls on Caribbean countries to intensify COVID-19 preparedness
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne, on Wednesday urged Caribbean and other countries in the Americas to intensify their plans to prepare and respond to COVID-19, given the appearance of cases of new coronavirus disease in the region of the Americas. According to PAHO, the Ministry of Health of Brazil confirmed the country’s first case of COVID-19 on February 26. The patient is a 61-year old man who recently returned from travel to Italy, where an outbreak of the virus has been ongoing…
Read MoreDuo remanded over 27kg cocaine hidden in boat
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…
Read MoreGECOM 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…
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