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US-based, Guyanese Rights activist, and social media personality, Melissa Atwell aka Melly Mel, is accusing the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Police Force of trying to silence her by targeting and intimidating her family in Guyana. On Tuesday afternoon, a party of Policemen swooped down on the Eccles home of Atwell’s mother and grandmother […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is urging the Judiciary to address the delays with the Election Fraud trial, and have the matter speeded up. On his “Issues in the News” television programme last evening, Mr. Nandlall reacted to the further adjournment of the criminal trial into alleged election fraud until the end of October. The presiding […]
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has fired a warning shot to Caribbean leaders, urging the acceleration of efforts to reduce new HIV infections among young people. UNAIDS Public health specialist Dr Richard Amenyah has warned that HIV among young people remains a significant public health concern because the decline in […]
The Ministry of Human Services has discovered a number of unauthorized copies of old age pension books and disability voucher books. The discovery was made after the vouchers were submitted for encashment at a number of post offices and other payment centres. The Ministry said the unauthorized books do not bear the security features or […]
Economist and Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan has urged the Government to come clean on a number of issues, specifically relating to the financing and repayment on some aspects of the gas-to-energy project, suggesting that the Government might have already committed its share of future oil resources to repay ExxonMobil for the pipeline aspect of […]
34-year-old sawmill operator, James Lord, was charged and remanded to prison today for the murder of his former reputed wife. He is accused of stabbing 29-year-old Alexis Roxanne Harris to death on the 8th September. In Court today, the murder accused was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge, and was immediately […]
The criminal trial into alleged election fraud case, has been adjourned for another 45 days, as the presiding magistrate Leron Daly remains on leave. The trial was expected to restart today following the the end of a 30-day sick leave which was granted to the Magistrate. However, the Attorneys in the case were informed this […]
Three teenagers have been arrested over the murder of a 24 year old man at Kairuni, along the Soesdyke Linden Highway. The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Harry Brown from the same community. A Police report stated that Brown was in the company of a friend at the Heritage Month celebrations in the […]
The High Court has ordered the possession of three properties at Peter’s Hall along the East Bank of Demerara to the Guyana Government. The three properties are among several properties that have been compulsory acquired by the Government to make way for the new Demerara River Bridge. In granting possession of the three properties to […]
The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the shooting of a bystander during the Police pursuit of two men on Saturday morning. The bystander, 27-year-old Cassel Nurse, was shot to his right leg and has been listed as being in a stable condition. In a statement, the […]
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