GECOM CEO rejects KN ‘misleading’ LGEs article

– says comments were limited to a single telephone response CHIEF Election Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vishnu Persaud, has rejected claims by Kaieteur News that he participated in an “exclusive interview” concerning the possibility of...

Gold miner jailed for fraud after guilty plea

A 37-year-old gold miner from Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to obtaining money by false pretence. Alex DaGuair appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on...

Building Resilience

GUYANA’S decision to launch its first National Drainage and Irrigation Strategy is timely and necessary. In a country where agriculture is still a cornerstone of the economy and where communities are feeling more and more of the harsh realities of climate change, a...