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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 […]
The tilted barge with over 8000 barrels of waste oil that is in the Demerara River and continues to be being closely monitored by the Civil Defence Commission for a potential oil leak was the subject of a recent High Court ruling. The barge may have been leaking for several months already. According to Court […]
Chairman of the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI), Justice Godfrey Smith said the Commission has not made a decision on whether it will summon the three men charged with 72 counts of murder in relation to the deadly tragedy, to appear before it. Justice Smith made the disclosure on Tuesday as he responded to […]
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