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Three days after leading police investigators to a canal where the body of his six-year-old son had been dumped, a 45-year-old West Coast Berbice cane harvester was remanded to prison for the gruesome murder of the little boy. The accused, Bharrat Jaikarran of Bath Settlement was remanded to prison today when he appeared before Magistrate […]
Public hearings into the deadly MV Barima tragedy have been adjourned to the 10th November, but the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), Justice Godfrey Smith has indicated that the work of the Commission will continue. The adjournment came on Thursday after seven days of oral evidence, which was presented before the Commission that […]
Police investigators have submitted the file on the murder of 6-year-old, Orlando Jaikarran, to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. The DPP’s office is likely to respond by early Friday. The partly decomposed and decapitated body of the boy was found early on Tuesday morning during a search operation at a sea dam in […]
Director of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Captain John Flores is of the view that the response to the MV Barima ferry tragedy was “reasonably well done”. More than 100 persons lost their lives in the tragedy. Captain Flores, who also serves as the Coordinator of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) Emergency Operations Division […]
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill today said that residents within communities are not allowed to stop contractors from working within their communities when carrying out works on behalf of the Ministry of Public Works. Making a statement on ongoing works and projects being conducted by his Ministry, Mr. Edghill said while contractors may inform […]
The Coordinator of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), Captain John Flores took the stand at the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry hearing this morning and informed the Commission that the MV Barima ferry had a capacity for 125 persons. The ferry capsized and sank off the Essequibo Coast on the 18th July with more than […]
President Irfaan Ali believes the relationship between Guyana and the United States is built on shared values for the two countries and the region. During an interview with CNN in Washington DC on Wednesday, the President was asked about the new wave of partnerships between Guyana and the US and whether it may be a […]
It was the Attorney General’s Chambers that advised Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken that he has no legal authority to exercise disciplinary control over Deputy Commissioner of Police Faizal Karimbaksh, forcing the Top Cop to withdraw his letter which had instructed the Deputy Commissioner to proceed on leave in wake of rape allegations against him. Two […]
The MV Barima Commission of Inquiry was informed today that moments after he was rescued, the First Mate of the MV Barima ferry, Rondell Dwayne Roberts, who is currently facing 72 counts of murder along with two others over the tragedy, told the acting Harbour Master that the MV Barima “sank really fast.” The acting […]
Guyana and the United States have signed a Joint Declaration for an Enhanced Defense Partnership. The declaration was signed at the Pentagon in Washington DC between President Irfaan Ali and US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. In a statement, the President’s office said the declaration builds on Guyana’s multi-decade partnership with the United States and is critical to […]
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