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The nine-member Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is scheduled to meet on Monday at the Public Buildings to elect its Chairman, APNU Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul disclosed today. The PAC is made up of Government Members of Parliament, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira; Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill; the Deputy Speaker […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has been ordered to pay prominent businessman Charles Ceres $15 Million after the High Court found that he made defamatory statements against the businessman. Mr. Jagdeo has also been ordered to pay an additional $2.1 million in costs to the businessman. The lawsuit stemmed from statements made by Mr. Jagdeo back […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has announced that it has secured convictions against Yuri Garcia Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, who were each found guilty for operating a Ponzi Scheme illegally in Guyana which fleeced unsuspecting Guyanese hundreds of millions of dollars. Garcia and Ishamel ran one of the most sophisticated ponzi schemes that this […]
Former Ministry of Health staff member, Terrence Williams, has been committed to stand a High Court trial for money laundering over a suspected fraud involving more than #340 Million in drugs and COVID-19 testing kits. The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is prosecuting the matter. SOCU had conducted a money laundering investigation after a special […]
Investigators from the Guyana Police Force, and Prosecutors attached to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions are currently undergoing extensive training under the Partnership of the Caribbean and European Union (PACE) on Justice Project. The training is taking place against the backdrop of a 2020 UNDP Judicial Needs Assessment, which revealed that efficient […]
Statements from Officials at the National Forensic Science University in India, and a DNA analysis report from the Center of Excellence in DNA Forensic in India were among the more than 110 statements tendered into evidence today, in addition to a number of recordings as the paper committal proceedings in the deadly October 2025 Gas […]
WIN Party Member of Parliament for Region One, Deon La Cruz was arrested on Wednesday following allegations that he assaulted his wife and child in Moruca. La Cruz, has been in police custody since the matter was reported to the police in the region. According to the Police, an argument between the couple turned into […]
President Irfaan Ali is urging Guyanese to have a positive mindset as his Government is setting the stage to roll out the interest and collateral free, Guyana Development Bank. Describing the Bank as a game-changer, the President said the Bank will allow young entrepreneurs to build prosperity by providing much needed financing. Last week, Finance […]
The marijuana trafficking charge that was filed against former Member of Parliament, Devin Sears was dismissed today after the Court upheld a no-case submission made by Sears’ Attorneys, Nigel Hughes and Kishwana Jefford. Sears was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics in October 2025 after police found 310.71 kilograms of marijuana in a bus […]
An armed suspect was shot dead last evening by the Police during a robbery attempt at the People’s Choice supermarket on Mandela Avenue in Georgetown. The dead man has been identified as Emmanuel Smith, who was previously charged in connection with a number of armed robbery cases. The Guyana Police Force has reported that its […]
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