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Just two days after declaring that Guyana’s two international airports did not meet minimum security standards, Minister of Transport Robeson Benn is backtracking on the statement. In a press release issued late Wednesday, Ministry of Works and Transport sought to explain that the Minister was providing his own personal view about the staff at the […]
(GINA) Consultations between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader, David Granger concluded on the reconstitution of the service commissions on August 22 and the stage is now set for the swearing in of members. The four service commissions are: the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Teaching Service Commission (TSC), the Public Service Commission and the Police […]
Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee who has been a Government Minister for all of the PPP Civic’s 22 years in office says he is distressed and dismayed by the revelations in the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry about “the huge amount of firearms that were distributed to the Ministry of National Development on […]
A drug smuggler arrested following a shootout with U.S. marshals in Queens was on the run for more than two decades and went to bed in a bullet-proof vest with two guns on his pillow, police and sources said Wednesday. Oswald Lewis, 44, has been wanted since he was indicted for conspiracy to distribute cocaine […]
Guyana’s Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn has admitted that Guyana’s two international airports are still to meet the minimum security requirements. Speaking at the opening of a workshop on airport security at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Minister Benn said the Government is cognisant of the security loop holes at the airports, and is working […]
The drama continued on Tuesday morning at the Georgetown City Council as Government appointed Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba had her bodyguards break their way into her office following a decision by the council to send her on leave and shut her out of her office. Sooba did not have much to say but had […]
Public Relations Officer of the Georgetown City Council, Royston King appeared in court on Monday afternoon and was charged for forgery after he allegedly granted a $36 million waiver in rates and taxes for the charity organisation, the Beacon Foundation. King reportedly did the write off and signed documents as the Acting Town Clerk. The […]
Two persons are in custody as Police investigators probe the murder of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara resident, Bharrat Sugrim called “Lusty”. The 37-year-old man was found in a yard at Cummings Lodge, ECD, with stab wounds to his chest, at about 2:3opm on Sunday, August 24. A man and a woman were taken into […]
Several persons who were at a 6th Street, Alberttown shop when 26-year-old Dexter Lindo was shot by a Bourda businessman are disputing reports by the businessman and the Police that the young man had attempted to rob the businessman. The businessman owns a beverage distribution company in the Merriman’s Mall arcade. According to the eyewitnesses, […]
Gordon Moseley writes I remember my first trip to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. The year was 2005. Bunji Garlin was King of Soca while Fay-ann Lyons was making moves to become Queen. Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is really one of the most captivating events on earth. The pulsating beats of sweet Trini soca music only […]
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