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A 37-year-old prisoner who is currently on remand on a murder charge, testified before the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry on Monday morning that the protests which eventually led to the deadly prison riot, started to get the media’s attention. The prisoner, Basil Morgan, told the Commission that he has been on remand for five […]
The Guyana Elections Commission is urging citizens to walk with their national identification cards when they head to the polling stations to cast their ballots in the Local Government Elections which will take place this coming Friday. In a notice in today’s newspapers, the Elections Commission said “it has come to the attention of the […]
Fly Jamaica Airways has announced that passengers heading to New York from Guyana will no longer have to deplane during the carrier’s stop in Jamaica. According to the airline, as a result of approvals from the Jamaican Aviation Authority and the Transportation Security Administration of the United States, passengers from Guyana will be able to […]
Opposition Leader and Former President Bharrat Jagdeo rushed home from the local government campaign trail this afternoon after receiving news that his 57-year-old sister was found dead at his Pradoville Two compound at Sparendaam on the East Coast of Demerara. The woman, Oma Jagdeo, lived at a house in the same compound where the former President has […]
Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Senior Counsel, Ralph Ramkarran believes the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the recent deadly Camp Street Prison unrest would to a large extent be a useless exercise with regard to recommendations for the improvement of the Georgetown Prison. Mr. Ramkarran, in his weekly blog, described the incident which claimed […]
Guyanese and other Caribbean Nationals are among a group of “alien criminals” arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers. According to a press release from US Immigration, the officers arrested 25 criminal aliens from Feb. 29 to March 4 during a targeted enforcement action targeting criminal aliens […]
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, on Friday, urged the youths of Number Sixty-Eight Village, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) to reset their mind-sets and to speak out against social ills such as bullying and domestic abuse to help create a more compassionate society. The First Lady made this appeal in her address at the Roadside Baptist […]
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority is preparing to begin issuing new licenses to long waiting applicants for radio and television, within the coming weeks. Chairman of the Broadcasting Authority’s board, Leonard Craig, today told the media that he is pushing for the issuance to begin within the next six to eight weeks. He explained that […]
Attorney at Law and President of the Guyana Bar Association, Christopher Ram, this morning applied for “interested party” status in the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry. He submitted to the Commission that the events of the night of the tragedy marked the highest number of deaths of incarcerated persons at any one time and is […]
As the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street deadly jail unrest wrapped up its first day of hearings, Attorney and President of the Guyana Bar Association, Christopher Ram, complained to reporters that he is concerned with some of the leading questions from the Commissioners. Mr. Ram said some of the questions are being asked in […]
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