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Minister of Public Service in the Ministry of the Presidency, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, has offered his resignation from the post to President David Granger. The resignation comes just one month after the President moved Roopnarine from his post as Minister of Education to the newly created Ministerial position. This morning, President David Granger, confirmed receiving […]
President David Granger is maintaining that he intends to appoint a person he deems “fit and proper” to the top Guyana Elections Commission post, despite an interpretation of the Constitution by the Chief Justice earlier this week. On the sidelines of the swearing in of new Judges at State House on Wednesday, Mr. Granger told the […]
Two persons who were on board a cocaine carrying vessel are in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after 209 pounds of the illegal substance was found aboard the vessel. The bust was made on Monday by the Coast Guard of the Guyana Defence Force during a patrol of the Pomeroon river. Charges […]
Four new Judges will take their oath of office this morning, while a fifth Judge will be elevated to the Court of Appeal. Attorneys, Simone Morris-Ramlall, Damone Younge, Sandil Kissoon and Gino Persaud will all be sworn in to office this morning before President David Granger as new High Court Judges. Justice Rishi Persaud will be […]
A total of 16 communities across Guyana will receive electricity for the time before the end of this year. That announcement was made today by Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Lelon Saul. Mr. Saul told a media conference this morning that the infrastructural upgrade that the communities have been waiting on […]
A former Linden postman cried uncontrollably in Court today as a Judge handed him a life in prison sentence for stabbing death of his 4-year-old stepson. Justice Nareshwar Harnanan handed down the life sentence to 29-year-old Rawle Samuels, despite his plea for mercy, having pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The Judge told the […]
A Linden man was today remanded to prison after being busted by members of the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) with over 16 Pounds of Marijuana. 34-year-old Glenmore McBean, a Taxi Driver, made his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann Mclennan and entered a plea of not guilty, after the charge was read to him. The […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has indicated that he will possibly support the move by businessman Marcel Gaskin, to appeal the Chief Justice’s decision in the Elections Commission Chairman matter that was taken to the Court by Gaskin in his capacity as a private citizen. Most of the Chief Justice’s interpretation of the Constitution […]
Chief Magistrate Ann Mclennan on Monday granted bail to a Berbice Miner after she found that special reasons existed for him to be granted bail for being in possession of a large quantity of marijuana. She said the man was never caught with the marijuana but he was named as supplier. 25-year-old Seon Mickel made his […]
The businessman who initiated Court proceedings, seeking an interpretation of Article 161(2) of the Constitution has announced his intention to appeal the decision by Chief Justice Roxanne George- Wiltshire, on the grounds that she went beyond what he had requested. Marcel Gaskin’s application to the High dealt with the Constitutional requirements for the selection of […]
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