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A sailor appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today and was remanded to Prison, after he was caught with 4 Pounds of Marijuana. 25-Year-Old Jermaine Black, stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of marijuana possession for trafficking. The court heard that on May 19th, 2017 at […]
Disclosures to the Public Accounts Committee on Monday revealed that several procurement processes have been breached in the award of contracts by the Ministry of the Presidency and the Office of the Prime Minister. There were quite a few cases, which included sole sourcing, accessing the Contingency Fund without proper processes being followed and paying […]
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party and Chief Opposition Whip, Gail Teixeira is heading to the United Kingdom to observe the upcoming UK General Elections as part of an Election Assessment Mission (EAM). The Mission, which is being arranged by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA UK), as will also observe elections in […]
Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana, Reina Diaz, on Monday called on the Guyanese people and the Guyana Government to support the Nicholas Maduro Government in its call for peaceful dialogue to end ongoing political problems in the neighbouring state that has resulted in daily clashes between demonstrators and security forces. During a press conference at the Georgetown […]
(MOTP) President David Granger, on Sunday, said that global partnerships to combat terrorism cannot exclude small states, since conflict between and within such states, or between a small state and other states, can endanger the peace of all countries. The President, who was at the time speaking on the side lines of the Arab-Islamic-American Summit […]
A Mahaica husband and wife have found themselves behind bars and facing charges on two related offences. Hours after a 41-year-old Helena #1, Mahaica businessman, was arrested for unlicensed gun and ammunition possession, his 40-year-old wife was also arrested after she attempted to bribe a police officer to secure the husband’s release. A Police statement […]
A young policeman was tragically yesteday morning at Leguan. Police Constable 23238, 20-year-old Shaqiel Woolford, was proceeding east along the road on Motor cycle CH1860 when another motor cycle bearing registration number, CH4564 driven by a 44-yr. old Phoenix, Leguan resident, rode out of a yard from a northern direction into the path of the […]
Just a few months after calling on the government to charge members if irregularities were unearthed, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has now back peddled and condemned a move which saw two of its Members of Parliament (MPs) and four other supporters being charged for financial irregularities at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). On […]
The reactivation of local democratic organs is to promote the values of representativeness, inclusiveness and effectiveness, and this translates to the elimination of partisan political interest, President David Granger has said. The President made this assertion during the opening ceremony of a two-day Inaugural Municipal Conference which commenced on Friday. The event, which is being held […]
Police at Linden are investigating the gruesome mid morning murder of 37-year-old, Sheneika Elliott. The woman was reportedly chopped to death by her reputed husband this morning at her Amelia’s Ward home. Reports state that the man turned up at the house and slashed the woman to the neck before chopping her about the body […]
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