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A Venezuelan woman who is already behind bars serving a six-month sentence for operating a brothel, has landed in more hot water, and is now facing nine counts of trafficking in persons. The accused, Mayelin Cordova, operated a business in the town of Bartica. According to a Police statement, she is accused of trafficking nine […]
With mounting calls for the Minister at the centre of rape allegations to be removed from office and not just proceed on leave, a number of civil society groups are joining the chorus of calls for a fair, thorough and detailed probe of the rape and sexual assault against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel […]
The main opposition APNU+AFC today stepped up its call for the Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall to be completely removed from office, now that he has been arrested on rape and sexual assault allegations. With other representatives from non-governmental organisations, the APNU+AFC picketed the President’s office this midday, echoing earlier calls for a complete […]
The National Toshaos Council, which represents the interests of indigenous communities across the country, has issued a call for an independent and impartial investigation into the “deeply distressing allegations of rape” made by a young indigenous girl against Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall. Mr. Dharamlall, who has since been arrested on the rape allegations […]
Hours after his arrest at the Brickdam Police station on Monday evening, Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall was released on $1 Million station bail. He is expected to return to the Police today for questioning on the rape and sexual assault allegations made against him by a 16-year-old school girl. Dharamlall turned up at […]
A second suspect in the murder of Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard Officer, Lieutenant (CG) Rondell Douglas, was charged and remanded to jail today. Appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, 37-year-old murder accused Randy Wright was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. He was remanded to jail until the […]
While the dust from last Monday’s Local Government Elections is settling, President Irfaan Ali is assuring communities and townships that his party lost that they will experience similar development like the areas his party emerged victorious. He explained that his party went into the local polls with a plan of action and that plan will […]
Appalled and disgusted at the allegations of sexual assault and grooming of a child leveled against the Minister of Local Government, the Amerindian People’s Association today called on President Irfaan Ali to ensure that an independent investigation is conducted into the serious allegations against Minister Nigel Dharamlall. The APA said the government is duty-bound to […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- An attempt by the Opposition to invalidate the passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill over the absence of the Mace in the National Assembly failed on Monday, with High Court Judge, Navindra Singh ruling that the presence, absence or use of the Mace in the National Assembly is not provided for […]
Police investigators are probing a Saturday night accident that has left a 25-year-old motorcyclist dead. The dead motorcyclist has been identified as Oliver Collins. The young man from Friendship on the East Coast Demerara, was riding his motorcycle along the Friendship embankment road when he was hit down by a car that crossed over into […]
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