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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government intends to launch a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the crime wave that rocked the nation in the early 2000s. The announcement came days after the Government was grilled by the UN Human Rights Committee on its failure to launch an inquiry into the crime wave, […]
A 51-year-old man from Uitvlugt on the West Coast of Demerara lost his life early this morning when he was hit down by a mini-bus while standing on the side of the roadway. The dead man has been identified as Nicholas Khelawon. The accident occured just after 3 o’clock this morning along the Public Road […]
With an increase in power outages over the past several weeks, President Irfaan Ali summoned the Board of Directors and top Managers of the Guyana Power and Light Company to State House this morning to express his dissatisfaction with the entity’s current performance. In a statement, the President’s Office said the meeting also examined the […]
Two Venezuelan nationals, who were held on Friday in a “go-fast” boat with just over 1,100 pounds of cocaine, have been charged and remanded to jail. The two men, Jose Felix Lindore and Javier Perez, appeared at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court where the drug trafficking charges were read to them. Both suspects pleaded not guilty […]
US-based carrier, United Airlines, launched its Guyana service last evening with an inauguration flight from Houston, Texas to Guyana. The airline will be offering four weekly non-stop flights between Houston and Georgetown using its 737 Max-8 aircraft. The new service will allow customers easier and more direct access to Georgetown and Houston and will enhance […]
A row between two prisoners at the Lusignan jail turned deadly on Saturday when one of the prisoners, Anthony Prince was stabbed to death by another prisoner, who has been identified as Shamar David. In a statement, the Prison Service explained that on Saturday afternoon, the men were making jokes about each other’s girlfriends when […]
Two men have been placed in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after they held with more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a Go-Fast Boat during a joint operation between the GDF Coast Guard and CANU. In a statement, CANU explained that the operation took place on Friday at Vergenoegen, in the […]
President Irfaan Ali has indicated that Guyana will call on its allies for military support should Venezuela overstep its boundary, and invade Guyana’s rich Essequibo Region. Appearing on BBC’s HardTalk programme, President Ali said while Guyana’s first line of defence is diplomacy, the country will call on its allies should there be any attempt […]
The Guyana Police Force is seeking to gather information on the detention and questioning of the Head of the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force, Superintendent Mitchell Caesar, by US Law Enforcement agents recently. There are reports that Caesar, who was part of a Guyana Police Force contingent that participated in a training […]
The first woman to become Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary in Guyana and the first Woman Judge on the Caribbean Court of Justice, Desiree Bernard, has died. She passed away earlier today, according to relatives. The retired Judge recently celebrated her 85th Birthday. She has been living in Trinidad and Tobago in recent […]
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