By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2015
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana this morning announced that President David Granger will leave the country on Thursday, July 23 for Washington DC where he will address the US Hemispheric Conference on Defence and Security matters. The conference is taking place at the Washington Centre for Hemispheric Studies. The President will be accompanied by Chief of Staff […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2015
News
Police investigators have launched a probe into the murder of a transgender commercial sex worker who was shot dead late last evening while plying her “sex trade” in the Carmichael Street area. The 20-year-old sex worker has been identified as Noel Wilson Luthers aka Nephi. According to reports, Luthers was involved in a transaction with […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Former murder accused and self confessed member of the former death squad, Sean Hinds believes that two activists for the now opposition People’s Progressive Party ought to be questioned in connection with the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. In an interview this evening with the HGP Nightly News, Hinds distanced himself from any involvement […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2015
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(Fiji Times) TWO Guyana nationals from South America were admitted to the bar at the High Court in Suva after midday today. The admission ceremony was presided over by Chief Justice Anthony Gates. Andrew Liverpool, 25, and Shinella Andrea Ghent, 27, both graduated with a law degree from the University of Guyana and attained their […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2015
News, Politics
In a startling admission, long suspected death squad member Sean Hinds admitted in a tv interview that he was indeed part of a death squad that hunted down and killed wanted men during the crime spree following the 2002 jailbreak. However, he has denied any involvement in the execution of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing. The […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2015
News, Politics
The President and First Lady were forced to ditch their private residence and make an early move to State House last week as flood waters swamped their Durban Backlands home. Last week, heavy downpours flooded several parts of the city and the Durban Backlands community where the Grangers have lived for years was one of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2015
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Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has disclosed that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) intends to prosecute citizens involved in any form of vigilante justice. His statement is in response to the beating death of a murder accused last week by citizens. Persaud said citizens must allow the police to do their work in bringing perpetrators of criminal activity […]
By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2015
News
Two taxi drivers who were arrested in a Craig, East Bank Demerara house last week, were today charged and remanded to prison for the murder of businessman, Ganesh Ramlall, AKA as “Boyo”. The two were identified as 21-year-old Fazeel Bacchus and 32-year-old Lennox Roberts. They appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Ann Mclennan and were […]
By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Career diplomat and former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Harper is among a number of persons being considered for diplomatic postings at Guyana’s various missions abroad. Ms. Harper who resigned from her Director General post to become the Prime Ministerial Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party for the May 11 elections, […]
By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2015
News, Politics
Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge on Monday briefed the local business community on Guyana’s strategy as the government continues to look for ways to ward off Venezuela’s illegal claim to this country’s exclusive economic zone. Mr. Greenidge told a room full of businessmen and business women along with members of the diplomatic community, that while […]