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People’s Progressive Party member Ms. Sheila Veerasammy was on Thursday sworn in as the newest member of the National Assembly and will occupy a seat on the opposition benches. Ms. Veerasammy has replaced Dr. Clive Jagan who recently tendered his resignation because of ill-health. Her name was extracted from the PPP’s list at the 2015 […]
Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Carl Singh has cleared the way for the return of Government Ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott to the National Assembly as technocrats while the government appeals the ruling by outgoing Chief Justice, Ian Chang. Attorney General Basil Williams filed the appeal on Friday and the Chancellor granted a […]
(Reuters) Jamaica’s opposition narrowly won a general election on Thursday, with its message of deep tax cuts and massive job creation winning over voters weary of years of tough IMF-mandated austerity measures. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) led by Andrew Holness had won 33 of the 63 seats with almost all votes counted, according to […]
Oil exploration efforts have intensified following the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Guyana’s Maritime Zone. One company that has heightened its surveys is Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL). On February 18, the company commenced a meteorological and oceanographic survey within the Stabroek Block. The site survey covers the areas of: Section […]
A cameraman who was attached to TV Guyana, Channel 28 was today found guilty of the rape of a 13-year-old female relative and sentenced to 25 years in jail by Justice Navendra Singh. It took the jury just a few hours to unanimously return the guilty verdict against 39-year-old Andre Hetsberger after listening to two […]
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum on Thursday said the investigations into the 2015 murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing is continuing despite investigators’ failure to charge four men they arrested last week for the crime. Mr. Blanhum told reporters on Thursday that the file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions and having perused the […]
A Senior Police Investigator has confirmed that efforts have been started by the local Police Force to seek the arrest and extradition of former Deputy CEO of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Ash Deonarine. Deonarine reportedly flew to Canada soon after an audit of GPL unearthed the unauthorized withdrawal of $27M from the company’s accounts as […]
by Kurt Campbell The role of Community Policing Groups came in to sharp focus at the opening of the Annual Police Officers Conference on Thursday morning. In his first address to the Annual Police Officers’ Conference, President David Granger called on the Guyana Police Force to do more to ensure that citizens’ safety within their […]
The Foreign Minister of Brazil will make an official visit to Guyana next week in an effort to further strengthen ties between the two neighbouring countries in a number of areas. According to Brazil’s Ambassador to Guyana, Lineu Pupo De Paula, the visit of the Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, and his meeting with Guyana government […]
President David Granger has described the report of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry as deeply flawed and he believes that it has left Guyanese still starved of the truth even after $500 Million was spent on the Commission by the last government. The President’s statement came two weeks after the report was left at […]
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