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GECOM divided on joinders parliamentary representation formula

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday appeared split on whether it should have any role in determining the formula for joinder parties to be represented in the National Assembly. People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-nominated Election Commissioner Sase Gunraj told Demerara Waves Online News that while the seven-member commission would deliberate on the question, he did not…

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Boatbuilder 'Smirf' dies in Pomeroon River boat collision

A boat builder lost his life in a boat mishap on the Lower Pomeroon River on Monday shortly after a drinking spree, police said. Dead is 20-year old Damion “Smirf” Fredericks of Jacklow, Upper Pomeroon. Investigators were informed that the vessel he was travelling in was reportedly involved in a collision with another vessel believed to have been operated by 24-year-old Joseph Melville, also a…

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Woman, boyfriend charged with murder of her mother

                                          Saffia Mohamed                                                     Austin Ramchand A 23-year old woman and her 24-year old boyfriend of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara were Tuesday charged with the murder of her mother whose body was dumped in a trench several miles away, police said. Those charged with the murder of 48-year old Jenny Mohamed were auto…

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Canada teaming up with Commonwealth, Carter Center for Guyana's general elections; 24 parties signal interest in contesting polls

Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana Sebastien Sigouin on Tuesday indicated that the Commonwealth and the Carter Center would play roles in ensuring the September 1 general and regional elections are free and fair. “Canada will work with the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities. We will work with the Organisation of American States and we will work with the Carter Center…

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Trinidad plans to refine Guyana's oil- Energy Minister

Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal on Monday said when the Petrotrin refinery restarts operations, the facility would refine oil from Guyana, Suriname and other countries. “Mr Speaker, we are in discussions with the Chamber in Guyana. We are in discussions with government officials to ensure that we have some commonality there so that we can source the important inputs for the…

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Three in custody in connection with shooting in 'Juan Edghill's' street

Three persons were Monday in custody in connection with the firing of 19 nine MM bullets on a South Ruimveldt Street where Public Works Minister Juan Edghill lives, police said. The police officer said a fourth person was being sought in relation to last Saturday night’s shooting on Sugar Cane Road. Based on a Guyana Police Force account, the shooting was not targeted at the government minister…

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On-duty security guard opens fire, robs Fantasy Game Lounge

Police on Monday said they were investigating the alleged robbery under arms of GY$13.1 million dollars at the Fantasy Game Lounge, located at Giftland Mall, Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara by a security guard who was on duty at the same business establishment. “The robbery was reportedly carried out by an armed security guard, age 24, who is attached to Castle Security and was on duty at Fantasy…

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Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned company bids for gas processing plant in Guyana

Mr Roodal Moonilal Trinidad and Tobago’s majority state-owned Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) is interested in establishing a natural gas processing plant in Guyana, as part of a wider plan to establish a foothold in the sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal said Monday. “Today, we have another activity taking place, where I believe is Phoenix…

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Former AFC executive members demand reinstatement; Trotman says they "voluntarily separated themselves"

Ms Juretha Fernandes. Mr Sherod Duncan Mr Deonarine Ramsaroop Three former executive members of the Alliance For Change (AFC), who are now associated with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU),  are demanding that they be reinstated or the party would face legal action because their removal was unconstitutional, they said in a letter to the AFC’s executive. “Guided by the AFC’s Constitution, we…

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OPINION: From the outside to inside Guyana, temperatures overheat

By GHK Lall I was hoping that the US would stay uninvolved, be an inspired peacemaker. There was and is enough bad blood between Israel and Iran. Washington and London, Beijing and Moscow, all had a duty to marshal collective strength and collective wisdom to be honest referees. An honest referee is a neutral one, one that helps to separate combatants. Washington discarded such restraints, pulled…

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Shots fired outside govt minister's home

Several gunshots were late Saturday night fired outside the South Ruimveldt residence of Public Work Minister, Juan Edghill. He told Demerara Waves Online News that at least 15 spent shells were recovered from the scene. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. The Guyana Police Force did not respond to several queries about the incident in the Joint Services Media WhatsApp…

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Guyana to ask US to extradite Rickford Burke to face extortion charge

The Police Force said Saturday night that Guyana would ask the United States to extradited New York-based political activist Rickford Burke to face extortion charges. “Since Mr. Burke remains outside of the jurisdiction of Guyana, extradition proceedings will be pursued under the Fugitive Offenders Act in keeping with the ruling of the Chief Justice,” the police force said. The decision by the…

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World Trade Centre Georgetown to help boost Guyana's investment opportunities, business climate

President Irfaan Ali addressing the official opening of World Trade Centre Georgetown. Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Komal Samaroo on Friday said Guyana’s World Trade Centre Georgetown (WTCG) was poised to tap into global expertise and business opportunities from the global WTC network. “Once this building is commissioned and the WTCG gets fully operational, we are going to be…

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Guyanese political activist welcomes court’s dismissal of defamatory libel charges

By Nelson A. King NEW YORK, Jun 21, CMC – The New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke, has welcomed the ruling by the Guyana Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire, dismissing the defamatory libel charges against him, after ruling Friday that it is unconstitutional and violates the enshrined right to freedom of expression. “I thank the court for this historic ruling,” Burke,…

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Daughter, husband admit to killing 'missing' woman, dumping her body- police

Guyana Police Force detectives, clad in protective wear, on the new Eccles Road where Jenny Mohammed’s body was found. Guyana Police Force homicide detectives on Thursday made a breakthrough in an investigation finding out that a woman reported missing by her relatives, was actually killed at her residence and her body dumped in a garbage bag off the new Ogle-Eccles Road, police said Friday. Head…

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PNCR-APNU promises copyright legislation, other initiatives to allow youths to make money

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and its umbrella A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton on Friday said if his coalition is elected to office in the September 1, 2025 general and regional elections, modern copyright legislation would be enacted to allow youths to earn royalties from their artistic works. “Our innovative and talented youths will benefit from the APNU…

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High Court strikes down criminal defamatory libel as violation of constitutional right to freedom of expression

Rickford Burke In a landmark decision, Guyana’s Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday declared that the criminal defamatory libel is unconstitutional as it violates the enshrined right to freedom of expression. In quashing the case of criminal defamatory libel against New York-based Guyanese political activist  and President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute of Democracy (CGID, Rickford…