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President David Granger has conferred the honour of Senior Counsel on five legal practitioners who have displayed a high quality of service in the legal profession and in their knowledge of the law, with effect from January 1, 2019. The long-serving legal practitioners are Mrs. Shalimar Ali-Hack, Mr. Stephen Fraser, Mrs. Carole James-Boston, Mr. Robert […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo lashed out at the Government on the last day of the year, over its announcement to seek a review of the no-confidence motion vote by the Speaker of the National Assembly. The Government has dispatched a legal brief to the Speaker asking him to review his acceptance of the no-confidence motion, […]
Attorney General Basil Williams believes that precedence exists for the Speaker of the National Assembly to review his ruling that the no confidence motion was passed with a majority. Williams has since sent a legal brief to the Speaker, indicating that the Opposition would have needed 34 votes and not 33 for the motion to […]
The Guyana Police Force is probing reports that Member of Parliament and expelled AFC Member, Charrandass Persaud was making plans to purchase US$1million worth of gold in early December. The plans, according to senior security sources, were being made as the National Assembly was debating the budget and getting ready for the no-confidence motion against […]
By Ravin Singh With the Government indicating that it is looking at several options and legal opinions regarding the passing of the no-confidence motion, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is gearing up for the Courts. The disclosure was made by PPP Executive Member and former Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall during a recent interview. […]
As news broke of this morning’s execution styled murder of 37-year-old Sean O’Brien Greene, details are emerging that he was wanted in Canada for a murder that took place there back in September. Greene reportedly escaped to Guyana after Canadian Police released surveillance video recordings of him leaving the scene of a murder in the […]
Two women died in an accident on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on Saturday afternoon, further pushing the number of road deaths on the country’s roadways. The two women, 54-year-old Melva Lucas and 51-year-old Elsa Fernandes, were standing next to a bus shed at Morudi when an out of control speeding car slammed into them. The driver […]
Police investigators are investigating the execution style murder of a man in the Queenstown area in Georgetown. The dead man has been identified as Sean Greene. His body was riddled with bullets just before 4am on Sunday outside the Adventure Hotel in Foreshaw Street. Crime sleuths discovered more than 20 spent shells at the scene […]
The death of an 11-year-old boy in a mining pit is being investigated by the Police, the Natural Resources Ministry and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The lifeless body of Tyrone Tyrel DeSouza was pulled from a collapsed mining pit in the Fish Creek Backdam area in the North West District on Wednesday. The […]
The largest partner in the coalition government, the People’s National Congress Reform, today accused the Opposition of colluding with Trinidadian Forces and others to successfully bribe a Member of Parliament on the Government side to vote in favour of the no-confidence motion. PNCR Executive Member Aubrey Norton led a press conference hosted by his party […]
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