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With increasing global challenges, the Commonwealth of Nations is seeking a new model of partnership and cooperation to remain competitive, with group’s Secretary General Shirley Botchwey, announcing today that Commonwealth officials will be meeting early next year with industry leaders to work to reduce trade barriers to increase trade within the Commonwealth. At the opening […]
A national study on the prescription of anti-biotics in the public healthcare system has alarmingly found a large number of Clinicians incorrectly identifying the appropriate antibiotic for treating anaerobic infections. According to Healthline.com, anaerobic infections are common infections caused by anaerobic bacteria, which occur naturally and are the most common flora in the body. The […]
The Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), and Forward Guyana Movement (FGM), have called for an independent investigation into the death of 32-year-old Gavin Douglas, who died while in police custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station last Saturday. A post-mortem report has revealed that Douglas died from blunt-trauma to the head with other marks […]
Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman ruled again today not to revoke the bail of the Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed in the ongoing extradition proceedings, stating that there were not substantial grounds for the bail to be revoked. “I do not find any substantial grounds for revoking bail of Mr. Azruddin Mohamed either in string […]
The Minister of Education in collaboration with the World Bank has launched a new Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Education Management Information System (EMIS) aimed at strengthening institutional management, improving efficiency and enhancing the quality of training. Speaking at the launch, Education Minister, Sonia Parag said the new system will provide real time […]
Attorneys for the Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed have moved to the High Court to secure bail for him in the case involving the unauthorized downloading and dissemination of CCTV recordings from the Government’s Safe Country initiative. The case is filed in the name of Mohamed’s mother, Bonita Mohamed, and names the Director of […]
The Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed and his father Nazar Mohamed will remain on bail in the ongoing extradition proceedings, Chief Magistrate, Judy Latchman has ruled. The Opposition Leader, however, remains remanded in leaked CCTV recordings case which is before a different Court. This morning, the Chief Magistrate handed down her ruling in the […]
Police with riot gear were called out this afternoon outside the Magistrates’ Court to quell a protest by supporters of the Opposition Leader and the WIN party who were demanding his release from Prison. The group of persons gathered outside the Courthouse since early this morning as Mohamed made his appearance. The crowd got uneasy […]
A 24-year-old Police Constable, Ashton Chappelle, was today charged and remanded to prison with obtaining and giving electronic data relating to the national security of the state, in contravention of the Cyber Crime Act. The Police Constable was arrested last Friday and taken before the Court today at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Abigail […]
A post-mortem examination conducted this morning on the body of 32-year-old Gavin Kennard Douglas, who died on Saturday while in custody at the Vreed-en-hoop lock-ups has listed the cause of death as Cerebral hemorrhage caused by blunt trauma to the head. The autopsy also found evidence of blunt trauma to the man’s abdomen. Douglas died […]
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