The political climate in Guyana has no doubt affected businesses across the country with major financial losses recorded. On Saturday a few business owners in Georgetown expressed their dissatisfaction with the credibility of the 2020 Elections which has caused an unwarranted political atmosphere that affects their daily revenues. One stall owner explained that she cannot wait for this season to pass over since she has her family to feed. “To tell you the truth, I just want this thing to be over with. Let GECOM do the verification and if…
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UK Foreign Secretary, UN join growing calls for Granger to preserve sanctity of democratic elections in Guyana
The United Kingdom is the latest foreign government to come out swinging at the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition in relation to the credibility of the March 2 General and Regional Elections. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called on President David Granger to preserve the sanctity of democratic elections. “We call upon the President to preserve the principle of free, fair and credible elections. Allegations of electoral fraud and premature declarations of victory prior to the completion of a credible process pose a grave threat to…
Read MoreGuyanese woman killed in Brooklyn murder-suicide
A Guyanese woman was reportedly shot multiple times by her husband who later committed suicide in a parked SUV Sport utility vehicle on Monday at Louisiana Ave and Twin Pines Drive East in Starrett City, Brooklyn, New York. The dead woman has been identified as 39-year-old Petula Myrtil while the suspect was Andre Myrtil, a Haitian national. Based on reports carried by NY Daily News, the shooting took place at about 09:15h. The woman was shot about the body while her husband has a single gunshot wound to his head.…
Read MoreCar plunges off Demerara Harbour Bridge
The retractor span of the Demerara Harbor Bridge has been damaged after a car reportedly careened off the structure on Monday night. According to reports, the car was proceeding along the structure after which it made a plunge off the retractor span, resulting in damages. While the entire vehicle fell into the water, the driver was saved and taken into custody. A crew from the DHB management was deployed to assess the situation as these damages would prevent vessels from passing. When contacted for details surrounding the situation on Tuesday,…
Read MoreChief Medical Officer urges immigration officers to be attentive when screening arriving passengers
Noting that some arriving passengers fail to fill out certain parts of the form used to screen for suspected cases of coronavirus, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Shamdeo Persaud is urging immigration officers to pay more attention to this. Addressing a gathering of stakeholders during a coronavirus symposium held at the National Cultural Centre on Wednesday, Dr Persaud explained that persons arriving in Guyana are required to complete a form which requires them to indicate the countries they would have visited within the last six weeks. However, he noted, some…
Read MorePolice ranks injured in standoff with pro-democracy protesters recovering
Several ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who were injured during pro-democracy protest on Friday last are recuperating speedily. On Monday, Executives of the Guyana Police Association headed by its Chairman, Inspector Rose Ann Forde, visited the ranks and offered moral support while urging them to be strong. She noted that the Force will give the necessary assistance and guidance required, especially at this time. The ranks were previously visited by several Senior Officers including Deputy Commissioner -Operations Maxine Graham, DSM, Commanders of Regional Police Divisions Five and Six,…
Read MorePPP to file complaint with ERC over Nagamootoo’s ‘racist charges’
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has signalled an intention to file a formal complaint with the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) against former Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo over the provocative language used in a public statement issued on Tuesday by him. As such, Executive Secretary for the PPP, Zulfikar Mustapha, has since intoned that the international community should view Nagamootoo’s statement as intended to “incite racial strife and animosity among our people”. Mustapha has since posited that the complaint against Nagamootoo would be “for inciting racial division by spreading inflammatory rumours”.…
Read MoreFmr Deeds Registrar found guilty of G$4.5M fraud
Magistrate Leron Daly on Wednesday morning found Former Deeds Registrar Azeena Baksh guilty of fraudulently procuring over G$4.5 million while being employed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) between 2014 and 2017. Baksh was on trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for the past three years after being slapped with a fraud charge in 2017. The charge stated that while being employed by the JSC between May 1, 2014, and January 31, 2017, in Georgetown, caused or procured valuable securities in the sum of G$4,534,486 million to be delivered to…
Read MoreFather jailed for 20 years for killing son after he tried to save mother from being abused
A father, who fatally stabbed his 21-year-old son after he tried to save his mother from being abused, was on Tuesday handed a 20-year sentence for the unlawful killing of the young man. Satesh Kevin Sookdeo, of Lot 217 Fifth Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was stabbed to death during an argument with his father, 46-year-old Mohan “Wire” Sookdeo, in September of 2018. It was reported that the now-convicted man and his wife were involved in an argument during which he grabbed her by the neck and began choking…
Read MoreGuyana’s healthcare system in overdrive
…1st suspected coronavirus victim had returned from Queens The Guyanese health care system is now in overdrive after the country evidently recorded its first coronavirus (COVID-19) death on Wednesday. The case is said to be an imported one. However, medical experts have expressed doubts about the reliability of the test used since these normally take one to two days minimum to be confirmed and in this instance, the results were supposedly confirmed in nine hours. They advised that additional tests be conducted in an abundance of caution, because of the…
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