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A 49-year-old man, who offered not to waste the Court’s time and enter a plea of guilty for the stabbing death of his 24-year-old son, was sentenced to 14 years in jail today. The convict, Amarnauth Chand, was originally charged with the capital offense of murder, but in the High Court today he opted to […]
Today’s scheduled statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission will not take place as the Chairman of the Commission, Retired Justice James Patterson has informed that his medical leave has been extended. For a statutory meeting to take place, it would have to be convened by the Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Patterson was expected […]
The Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle has halted the issuance of protocol passes, which allows accredited diplomats and others to access the airport’s tarmac. The move comes following an order by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority in wake of several questions and concerns surrounding the escort of former Member of Parliament, Charrandass Persaud to […]
The second case challenging the legality of the no-confidence motion has been filed, but this one by the Attorney General of Guyana. In Court documents seen by News Source, the Attorney General in the matter against the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Opposition leader, is asking the Court to determine several issues related […]
With Opposition Member of Parliament and former Housing Minister Irfaan Ali, moving to the High Court in an effort to get fraud charges against him dismissed, the Magistrates’ Court has found itself being forced to put the matter on hold. Back in November, Mr. Ali was charged with several counts of fraud related to the […]
Recently sworn in Member of Parliament for the coalition government, Barbara Pilgrim, has dispatched a letter from her Attorneys to the Guyana Times, demanding a retraction and apology from the newspaper for its Sunday report which sought to indicate that she is the holder of dual citizenship. Speaking to News Source this afternoon from Berbice, […]
Less than a month after the surprise announcement of the new political party, A New And United Guyana (ANAUG), one of its founders has decided to walk away from the party. Businessman Terrence Campbell announced on his Facebook page this morning that he has written the other key persons in the new party indicating his […]
On Saturday afternoon, when most youths might have found themselves relaxing at home or at the shopping malls, over one hundred young Guyanese gathered at the Theatre Guild in Georgetown to begin a conversation about Guyana’s political system and its impact on their lives. With the ground rules stating clearly that it was no campaigning […]
By Ravin Singh It will be up to the diplomatic community to analyse the political developments in Guyana in determining whether this country will continue to benefit from loans and grants until elections are held. This was according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, during a press conference on Thursday at Public Building. Harmon’s statement […]
Retired Guyanese Diplomat, Dr. Odeen Ishmael, CCH, passed away in the United States. He was 70-year-old. He last served as Guyana’s Ambassador to Kuwait, retiring a few years ago. Before becoming a career diplomat, Dr. Ismael served as a teacher and authored several books including the 1989 “Problems of the Transition of Education in the […]
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