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Minister of Public Service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley this morning announced that moving forward, the Scholarships Department of the Public Service will be publishing the names of all recipients of government scholarships. At a press conference this morning, Minister Halley said the scholarships are being funded by public money and therefore she believes the public has a […]
The Ministry of Public Health this afternoon opened the doors to a $539 million Central Supply bond. The new bond is located in the Kingston area in Georgetown and will be used as the central storage of all medical supplies for the public health care system. The opening of the new bond comes just weeks […]
On the heels of the recent state visit to Guyana by the President of Ghana, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Guyana-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. The agreement seeks to provide the platform for cooperation between the two chambers in the area of trade and business development […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is making it clear that the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice on the issue of the Elections Commission Chairman has not changed the Guyana Constitution. The CCJ in its ruling found that the President’s unilateral appointment of a GECOM Chairman was flawed and not in keeping with the Constitution. […]
A 24-year-old man from Moruca was today remanded to jail for the chopping death of one of his own sisters. The accused, Randy Cozier, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. According to the Prosecution’s case, on the 3rd of July, the accused visited the home of his sister Cynthia […]
The meeting between representatives of the President and the Leader of the Opposition in the GECOM Chairman selection process continued on Tuesday with the Government side rejecting five of the eleven resubmitted nominees put forward by the Leader of the Opposition. Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joe Harmon told reporters after the meeting […]
In a late afternoon Address to the Nation, President David Granger today said he and his government remains committed to the process for the selection of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The President said “the government side is adhering to the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice and to the agreement […]
In the Courtroom of Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, a 12-member jury this afternoon found an Essequibo man guilty of raping a 6-year-old boy. The jury returned the unanimous verdict against Leon Albert after deliberating for just over three hours. The incident took place back in June of 2012. The victim is now 13-years-old. The child provided […]
Convicted Guyanese narco-king Shaheed Roger Khan was released from a Miami jail on Monday and is now being held in the custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to the website for ICE, Khan is being held at the Krome Detention Facility in Miami, Florida. ICE would usually be the agency to […]
Family members of the Linden nurse who was found hanging in a Mahdia Hostel are concerned that days after a post mortem examination was conducted on the woman’s remains, the results are still to be made known to the family. The 26-year-old nurse, Schenise Apple, was attached to the Mahdia Hospital and stayed at the […]
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