 |        |  |  |
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has informed the Guyana Government that Venezuela has joined the border case before the Court by submitting Preliminary objections to the admissibility of the case before the Court regarding the 1899 arbitral award. Venezuela had previously said that it does not recognize the Court’s jurisdiction and will not take […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has moved to the Court of Appeal in yet another bid to overturn the libel judgement against him that went in favour of Opposition Member of Parliament and former Housing Minister, Annette Ferguson. Two weeks ago, the Full Court was unable to reach a unanimous decision on the Vice President’s appeal […]
Scotiabank has announced that the agreement for the sale of its Guyana operations to First Citizens Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has expired and the agreement has been therefore terminated in keeping with the terms of the agreement. The bank made the announcement this morning in a brief statement from its headquarters. According to the […]
Concerned about the presence of gangs in the school and the growing number of threats being made against them, teachers of the Lodge Secondary School walked out of their classrooms today in protest. The teachers complained that the situation has become unbearable with students issuing threats against the teachers, triggering confrontations on almost a daily […]
Two of the five men found guilty of the 2017 shooting death of Phone Card Vendor Danian Anthony Jagdeo have been sentenced to death while the other three convicts have been sentenced to jail time. The sentences were handed down today by Justice Sandil Kissoon.The masterminds of the robbery and murder Mark Dhuman and Abdul […]
A post-mortem examination was this morning carried out on the remains of construction worker Reonol Williams and determined that the 50-year-old died from multiple injuries to the body due to a motor vehicle accident. The decomposed remains were found yesterday along a deserted and bushy dam, just off the railway embankment at Coldigen on the […]
A birthday party at a house in Fourth Street, La Bonne Intention on the East Coast of Demerara became a crime scene early this morning as the attendees were held at gunpoint and robbed of their valuables. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force four armed bandits entered the house through an open backdoor and […]
CANU investigators have arrested a 23-year-old woman who attempted to ship a small package of cocaine in a box of Hindu religious items. The bust was made at the DHL headquarters. The suspect has been identified as Lisa Ramnarine of Hague, West Coast Demerara. The bust took place on Tuesday as the agents noticed a […]
Police investigators are probing the death of a 41-year-old Kitty resident who is suspected to have taken his own life after his wife left home to file an assault complaint against him. The dead man has been identified as 41-year-old security officer, Jermaine Simon. His body was found in his yard with a suspected self-inflicted […]
Two weeks after he was hit down by a speeding car and his body vanished after being removed from the scene by the driver of the car, Police investigators this afternoon found the body of 50-year-old Reonol Williams. The construction worker’s body was found dumped in a bushy area along the East Coast Demerara railway […]
 |  |
