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Police investigators have arrested a 28-year-old mini-bus conductor after he stabbed a man to death outside Demico House, Stabroek on Friday night. Dead is 43-year-old carpenter, Rawle Rodrigues, of Leopold Street Georgetown. According to the Police, it was just around 9:30 on Friday night that Rodrigues got into an argument with the conductor and another […]
Sixty-three year old, South Ruimveldt resident, Dennis Jones, who was recently released from prison after serving a four year drug trafficking sentence, is back in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit facing new drug trafficking charges. Jones, who was also deported from the US for drug trafficking, was arrested last evening by CANU […]
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Bryon, has recommended the establishment of a Standing Rules Committee to evaluate and update the new Civil Procedure Rules 2016. On Friday, members of the Bar and Bench attended the opening of a two day seminar on the new Rules at the Regency Hotel, Georgetown. […]
With possible money laundering charges facing him, the Government of Guyana has cut ties with Omar Shariff, who served as the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of the Presidency. Shariff was sent on administrative leave since June, 2016 but received a dismissal letter late December, bringing his tenure to an end. In a statement issued […]
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today (Thursday) announced the West Indies Under-19 squad to participate in the upcoming Regional Super 50 Tournament and two Guyanese cricketers, Keemo Paul and Bhaskar Yadram have made the squad. The 14-member squad includes five players who were part of the team which won the ICC Under-19 World Cup […]
Test captain Jason Holder says one of his main goals is to transform the Caribbean side into a tightly-knit unit, and believes this is will be the catalyst for any turnaround in the team’s fortunes. The Caribbean side has endured a torrid time in Test and One-Day International cricket over the last decade and currently […]
President David Granger believes that persons who are nominated for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission should have the qualities of what is expected of a Judge, if they are not qualified to be a Judge or has never served as a Judge. During a recording of the weekly, “Public Interest” television programme, […]
Police investigators are reviewing several surveillance recordings after a woman was robbed of $1 million and her driver shot to the leg by two bandits just outside the Jialing motorcycle store on Ornoque Street. The incident occurred just after 1:00pm on Thursday. The woman and the man driving the car pulled up outside the store […]
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff, who is on administrative leave, appeared in court today but left without charges being read to him as the Prosecution and Defence agreed to seek clarification about a high court matter involving Shariff. Shariff was in the courtroom with his Attorneys and Magistrate Fabayo Azore […]
Just one week after the ExxonMobil oil company announced another major oil find in Guyana’s waters, the Government of Guyana has moved to hire a consultant to examine the possibility of Guyana setting up an oil refinery. At its last meeting, Cabinet gave the green light for the Ministry of Natural Resources hiring of a […]
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