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Following the more than usual rainfall that drenched Guyana over the past two months, the National Hydromet Service is warning that the umbrellas should not be put away just yet. The Hydromet Service today announced that most of Guyana will experience rainy conditions throughout the month of July with the dry and sunny weather returning […]
Guyanese businessman and Tourism Marketing Agent, Chris Bassoo lost his 4-week battle against COVID-19 in Brazil today, leaving family and friends devastated. Bassoo who became stranded in Brazil with his wife and newborn baby just after the pandemic forced the shutdown of Brazil last year passed away in the Brazilian capital this morning. One of […]
Nine months after the brutal killing of Berbice teenager Haresh Singh in the #3 village backdam, four men were today charged and remanded to jail for the youth’s murder. The four men, 29-year-old Philip Anderson, 27-year-old Joel Gittens, 27-year-old Gladston Henry and 21-year-old Charles Scott appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ […]
Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, his Deputy Roxanne Myers and Returning Officer for Region 4 Clairmont Mingo appeared in Court this morning to face conspiracy to defraud charges related to last year’s elections. They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charges and were granted $100,000 bail each. The last time the […]
With tears flowing down his face, Norton Street, Georgetown resident Quincy Chase was this morning remanded to jail for the murder of his younger brother, Paul Chase. In Court, the 27-year-old man was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge, which stated that on the 25th June at the Cummings Street home […]
The Attorney for the Police Service Commission Selwyn Pieters has written to President Irfaan Ali, indicating to him that the Commissioners will continue to discharge their function since his decision to suspend them is unlawful and illegal. In a letter sent today to the President, the attorney reminded that in his earlier show-cause notice, he […]
Within an hour after the Chief Justice threw out a challenge to the Police promotions list and the Police Service Commission issued its full list of promotions, the Irfaan Ali government rejected the promotions by the Police Service Commission, indicating that the list will be ignored. In a statement, the Attorney General said the issuance […]
Chief Justice Roxane George this afternoon dismissed a challenge to the promotions of a number of senior Police Officers to the rank of Assistant Commissioners, paving the way for the promotions to proceed. The Court matter was filed by Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Brutus who complained to the Court that the Police Service Commission […]
One month since the Ministry of Health announced that it had run out of 2nd dose shots of the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine, it still has no definitive timeline on when the shipment of second dose vaccines will arrive. Thousands of persons are now entering their ninth week since they got the first dose and are […]
An investigation into Saturday’s explosion of a fuel vessel at friendship which claimed the lives of three persons is ongoing. Investigations have so far revealed that the origin of the explosion has been traced to the engine room of the vessel which is owned by businessman SewSankar. In the engine room, investigators found a burnt-out […]
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