 |         |  | |
Justice Gino Persaud this afternoon ruled that there were no grounds for the Police Service Commission (PSC) to withdraw from the case challenging the legality of the suspension of former Chairman of the PSC, Paul Slowe and the other Commissioners, as he dismissed two interlocutory applications filed by the Attorney General and the PSC. “There […]
For the third time this week, Police investigators have found themselves probing the murder of an elderly woman, whose life was snuffed out by a close relative. This morning, investigators were called to 11 Princess Street in Georgetown following the murder of 75-year-old Audrey Harris. Investigators have launched a search for the woman’s mentally ill […]
The operators of the fuel tanker, MV Tradewind Passion, that slammed into the Demerara Habour Bridge causing more than $1B in damages last October, were not required to deposit $250 Million in cash before the ship departed Guyana, according to the attorneys representing the ship company. Earlier this week, local authorities suspended three employees of […]
A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 75-year-old Agatha Gamell who was found murdered in her Charity, Essequibo home has listed her cause of death as multiple injuries. Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh reported that the woman’s body bore multiple injuries and wounds. The grand daughter of the elderly woman was arrested for the […]
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira of the APNU+AFC complained to the National Assembly that the Government has been stalling the work of the PAC, in an attempt to prevent scrutiny of its management of the country’s resources. MP Figueira, at the time, was moving a motion for the adoption of the […]
For the second time in less than five years, long time educator Dr. Marcel Hudson has found himself handing over the position of Chief Education Officer. The Ministry of Education announced the appointment of well known educator, Mohammed Saddam Hussein as the new Chief Education Officer. The Ministry said Mr. Hussain has served as a […]
Businesses offering hire purchase services will now have to approach the Magistrate’s Court in order to repossess an item for which 70% of the hire purchase price has been paid. The new rule follows the passage of the Hire Purchase Bill by the National Assembly. The Bill, which was tabled by Minister of Tourism, Industry […]
APNU+AFC Region 10 Councillor, Mark Goring was today elected as the new Regional Vice Chairman of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Goring, who is a member of the AFC, was not the choice of the AFC leadership for the position, but when the regional councilors met this morning and the election of a Regional Vice Chairperson […]
A small house was completely destroyed this morning as excavation works in Poker Street in Wismar Linden, led to a landslide. A private contractor was reportedly clearly an area for a drain to ease flooding in the area, when the soil got loose and came thumbling down, taking the small house and a number of […]
Mobile telecommunications company, DIGICEL has announced the launch of Electronic Sims in Guyana. The move is to support E-sim enabled devices like the new Iphone 14. An eSIM is a digital version of the physical SIM card that customers now use to connect to the Digicel network via smartphones, tablets, or other IoT devices. With […]
 |  |
